On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 at 09:18, Nikolaos Milas <nmi...@noa.gr> wrote: > > Another option is to migrate to an RHEL 8 -compatible OS, like Rocky > Linux, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, Springdale Linux. > > (I remind that CentOS Stream is no more a RHEL 8 twin.) > > I have already migrated successfully all my CentOS 8 boxes to Rocky. (I > am informed that in Academic Institutions in Greece -at least-, SysAdmin > teams have also selected Rocky to migrate from CentOS 8.) > > Rocky seems to be gaining momentum as the main CentOS 8 successor. >
Going off of EPEL8 client use meters, it is still a fair tie between Rocky usage and Alma usage. Date | OS Name | Number of systems longer than 2 weeks old (so probably not CI/Containers) 2021-11-01 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 119625 2021-11-01 | CentOS Linux | 461424 2021-11-01 | CentOS Stream | 56902 2021-11-01 | Oracle Linux | 20683 2021-11-01 | AlmaLinux | 25880 2021-11-01 | Rocky | 28167 The Rocky and Alma numbers trade places a couple of times over the weeks so I won't say either one is the successor. Instead as you said each one has a regional selection where certain groups of people flock to the same choice via word of mouth. The number of Alma It will be interesting to see how the CentOS Linux 8 number change. Since the announcement of EOL of CentOS 8 a year ago, they have gone up steadily from 200k to 460k. I am expecting that even after the EOL, they will continue to go up in the same way that CentOS-6 went up after it was EOL. > You may check earlier threads in this mailing list for more info. > > Cheers, > Nick > > On 8/11/2021 5:06 μ.μ., Josh Boyer wrote: > > > However, CentOS Linux 8 will be going EOL on December 31, 2021. Users > > are strongly encouraged to migrate to CentOS Stream 8. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Stephen J Smoogen. Let us be kind to one another, for most of us are fighting a hard battle. -- Ian MacClaren _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
