thanks for starting this discussion thread @Giles Sirett <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> . Personally I'd like to not "vote" on anything. Especially not at this moment. I think a discussion is good though. My personal (and most definitely not my business) take on this is to go for fedora. It is unlikely it will find business traction but it does appear to be the most stable distribution funnily enough, especially in the redhat/rpm-verse. I hope we can witness a clear trend over the next twelve months to make a kind of final decision by the end of next year. #excitingtimes
On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 12:02 PM Giles Sirett <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > You may have seen this news recently announced by Redhat and the CentOS > project. [1] [2] > > > > > > At this early stage, it looks like CentOS Stream will not provide the > stability that we probably expect > > > > So, what Linux distro should we be targeting for MS and KVM agents going > forward ? I guess this is a decision that we have to make as a project. > > > > CentOS 7 will receive full updates only until the year end (Q4 2020) and > maintenance updates will continue until 30 June 2024, so I don't think we > need to rush this decision. Also, I think that there will be a lot of > emerging competitors to fill the void, like the recent announcement of > Rocky. [3] gives a good summary of current choices > > > > I guess, actually, the question is: *when* should we aim to make this > decision ? - the advantage of leaving it is we are able to see what others > settle on. > > > > > [1] Red Hat makes drastic changes to CentOS, leaves users fuming | > TechRadar< > https://www.techradar.com/news/red-hat-makes-drastic-changes-to-centos-leaves-users-fuming > > > > [2] CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream - Blog.CentOS.org< > https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/> > [3] About/Product - CentOS Wiki<https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product> > [4] Where CentOS Linux users can go from here | ZDNet< > https://www.zdnet.com/article/where-centos-linux-users-can-go-from-here/> > > Kind regards > Giles > > > giles.sir...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK > @shapeblue > > > > -- Daan
