On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 12:29:20PM -0700, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: > > Now that Red Hat owns CentOS and IBM owns Red Hat, I wonder when CentOS 8 > will be released. >
The place to watch is "google CERN linux", which takes you to http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/ click on "next version" which takes you to http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/centos8/ which states "Next linux version will be based on CentOS 8" and links to https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__wiki.centos.org_About_Building-5F8&d=DwIBAg&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=gLjKarHYkkZKBGl5US1kEKkaCLHtdsX_5TDAFMpyBFk&s=W0LpFflr0nI9lunzHip-MyRCsc9VyA9Fxa3PyHiTGKo&e= which states "The final release will be on September 24". with the explanation that work on CentOS-8 was delayed to release 7.7 first. CERN, through the LHC experiments, through the major US DOE Labs and Universities are a big traditional user of "Red Hat flavour" Linux. The thought of CERN and all who follow them switching to a competing product (hello, Ubuntu!) or rolling their own Linux distribution (which the CERN organization is perfectly capable of) ensures the continuation of CentOS, I would think. -- Konstantin Olchanski Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada
