There's AlmaLinux aka CloudLinux in the news recently. They are already a fork of RHEL and not a green fields stsartup like Rocky and are looking to woo jilted Centos users. ________________________________ From: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov <owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov> on behalf of Keith Lofstrom <kei...@kl-ic.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 7:52 PM To: William R. Somsky <som...@uw.edu> Cc: scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov <scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov> Subject: Re: Pondering a switch to Debian (2)
On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 03:59:51PM -0800, Yasha Karant wrote: > I apologize that you do not see the lack of a way forward to EL 8 or > other options as a pressing problem in need of a technical solution. > ... On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 09:04:25AM -0800, William R. Somsky wrote: > But is this *specific* thread producing any light? > Or just generating heat? Light for some of us; it encourages experimentation and learning, perhaps preparation. I'm converting one of my servers to Debian, and keeping track of the difficulties. Mostly, cleaning up after decades of accumulated bad habits and cruft; "apt" rather than "yum" hasn't been a big deal. Yet. That will keep me busy until the Big Bosses at CERN and Fermilabs tell the underlings which way to jump. If the jump is off a cliff, I may have a parachute ready. If the jump is to Production Ready Rocky, at least I've found some uneeded-transition-inspired improvements. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com