On 13/02/2022 07:06, Jon LaBadie wrote:
I'm replacing my ancient desktop home server
(CentOS 7, email, dns, backup) with a new mini-server.
I've been running stream 9 on the new toy for a couple
of weeks and I find there are still a lot of incomplete
or missing things. Enough to delay full implementation.
Unless I do some workarounds or compile from source.
On the other hand I've read there will be no migration
path from stream 8 to stream 9. It will require a
complete reinstall.
Any guesses as to when the stream 9 repos (including
epel) will be fairly complete? Just trying to decide
whether to wait a bit or go with stream 8.
Jon
I wouldn't choose either - IMHO Stream is not suitable for production
usage due to there being no guarantee regarding security updates (see
recent polkit CVE for an example of why this is so). Why would you not
use genuine RHEL? You can sign up for 16 free licences with Red Hat and
use one of those, for either RHEL8 or RHEL9 once it is released.
Alternatively, Rocky or Alma Linux may be a suitable drop in replacement
for CentOS Linux for real world usage.
Stream is great for getting an early look at what's going to be in the
next release of RHEL, and for developing software for the next release
of RHEL, or if you are a software developer and wish to contribute to
the next release of RHEL, but IMHO it's not a suitable alternative to
RHEL (or a clone) for production usage and their are better alternatives
available.
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