Re: [weewx-user] Re: CentOS is on shakey ground

2021-01-04 Thread WindnFog 
The reason I switched from Fedora to CentOS was stability.  Now that weewx 
is running on Raspbian and that's stable, there's no reason not to use 
Fedora for other things.  I like the familiarity of the 
RedHat/Fedora/CentOS distros, and the new "bells and whistles" introduced 
in Fedora are indeed attractive.  Perhaps that is a better choice for 
day-to-day Linux than Ubuntu LTS.

- Paul VE1DX

On Monday, January 4, 2021 at 7:52:32 AM UTC-4 mjenk...@gmail.com wrote:

> Go back and look at Fedora again if you haven't used it in the last few 
> years.It's better than it used to be and is worth a look.
>
> On Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 4:56:37 PM UTC-6 WindnFog wrote:
>
>> I suspect a lot of web hosting companies use CentOS.  The outfit I was 
>> with in Florida sure did. No doubt there’s going to be a scramble to get 
>> Rocky Linux or equivalent going quickly. 
>>
>> I am now hosting my weewx website on a VPS now using Ubuntu and Apache. 
>>  That way I have full control and don’t have to pay a fortune for someone 
>> else to do it.  It cost me $50 USD for the TLS certificate alone! Now I get 
>> my own and install it for free.  I used to use Fedora, but it’s really a 
>> beta version for RedHat and I got tired of the incessant bug fixes and 
>> updates.  CentOS was a great solution as it was familiar and mature. 
>>
>> Anyway, I guess this is not really weewx related. 
>>
>> - Paul VE1DX 
>>
>> On Jan 3, 2021, at 6:20 PM, Mark Jenks  wrote:
>>
>> I use CentOS for everything, except my home server.At home I use 
>> Fedora, since it's RedHat based..
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 12:48:56 PM UTC-6 WindnFog wrote:
>>
>>> I may have been the only one using CentOS for weewx (before switching to 
>>> a Raspberry Pi about a year ago.)  I note it's still mentioned as a distro 
>>> in the weewx documentation, with RedHat and Fedora.  CentOS was to be 
>>> supported until 31 May 2029. 
>>>
>>> Since the takeover of RedHat by IBM, this has been shortened to 31 
>>> December 2021.  If anyone is still using CentOS for weewx, it's probably a 
>>> good idea to migrate to another distro soon.  There's a movement to replace 
>>> CentOS with "Rocky Linux", but there's no timeframe for its deployment:
>>>
>>> https://wiki.rockylinux.org/
>>>
>>> The "strength" of CentOS was stability because it is a clone of RedHat.  
>>> I still use CentOS for other things than weewx, and rather than wait to see 
>>> if Rocky Linux is successful, I'm moving to Ubuntu LTS 2020, which has at 
>>> least 5 years of support/stability.
>>>
>>> - Paul VE1DX
>>>
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Re: [weewx-user] Re: CentOS is on shakey ground

2021-01-04 Thread Mark Jenks 
Go back and look at Fedora again if you haven't used it in the last few 
years.It's better than it used to be and is worth a look.

On Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 4:56:37 PM UTC-6 WindnFog wrote:

> I suspect a lot of web hosting companies use CentOS.  The outfit I was 
> with in Florida sure did. No doubt there’s going to be a scramble to get 
> Rocky Linux or equivalent going quickly. 
>
> I am now hosting my weewx website on a VPS now using Ubuntu and Apache. 
>  That way I have full control and don’t have to pay a fortune for someone 
> else to do it.  It cost me $50 USD for the TLS certificate alone! Now I get 
> my own and install it for free.  I used to use Fedora, but it’s really a 
> beta version for RedHat and I got tired of the incessant bug fixes and 
> updates.  CentOS was a great solution as it was familiar and mature. 
>
> Anyway, I guess this is not really weewx related. 
>
> - Paul VE1DX 
>
> On Jan 3, 2021, at 6:20 PM, Mark Jenks  wrote:
>
> I use CentOS for everything, except my home server.At home I use 
> Fedora, since it's RedHat based..
>
>
>
> On Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 12:48:56 PM UTC-6 WindnFog wrote:
>
>> I may have been the only one using CentOS for weewx (before switching to 
>> a Raspberry Pi about a year ago.)  I note it's still mentioned as a distro 
>> in the weewx documentation, with RedHat and Fedora.  CentOS was to be 
>> supported until 31 May 2029. 
>>
>> Since the takeover of RedHat by IBM, this has been shortened to 31 
>> December 2021.  If anyone is still using CentOS for weewx, it's probably a 
>> good idea to migrate to another distro soon.  There's a movement to replace 
>> CentOS with "Rocky Linux", but there's no timeframe for its deployment:
>>
>> https://wiki.rockylinux.org/
>>
>> The "strength" of CentOS was stability because it is a clone of RedHat.  
>> I still use CentOS for other things than weewx, and rather than wait to see 
>> if Rocky Linux is successful, I'm moving to Ubuntu LTS 2020, which has at 
>> least 5 years of support/stability.
>>
>> - Paul VE1DX
>>
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Re: [weewx-user] Re: CentOS is on shakey ground

2021-01-03 Thread HRM Resident 
I suspect a lot of web hosting companies use CentOS.  The outfit I was with in 
Florida sure did. No doubt there’s going to be a scramble to get Rocky Linux or 
equivalent going quickly. 

I am now hosting my weewx website on a VPS now using Ubuntu and Apache.  That 
way I have full control and don’t have to pay a fortune for someone else to do 
it.  It cost me $50 USD for the TLS certificate alone! Now I get my own and 
install it for free.  I used to use Fedora, but it’s really a beta version for 
RedHat and I got tired of the incessant bug fixes and updates.  CentOS was a 
great solution as it was familiar and mature. 

Anyway, I guess this is not really weewx related. 

- Paul VE1DX 

> On Jan 3, 2021, at 6:20 PM, Mark Jenks  wrote:
> 
> I use CentOS for everything, except my home server.At home I use Fedora, 
> since it's RedHat based..
> 
>> On Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 12:48:56 PM UTC-6 WindnFog wrote:
>> I may have been the only one using CentOS for weewx (before switching to a 
>> Raspberry Pi about a year ago.)  I note it's still mentioned as a distro in 
>> the weewx documentation, with RedHat and Fedora.  CentOS was to be supported 
>> until 31 May 2029. 
>> 
>> Since the takeover of RedHat by IBM, this has been shortened to 31 December 
>> 2021.  If anyone is still using CentOS for weewx, it's probably a good idea 
>> to migrate to another distro soon.  There's a movement to replace CentOS 
>> with "Rocky Linux", but there's no timeframe for its deployment:
>> 
>> https://wiki.rockylinux.org/
>> 
>> The "strength" of CentOS was stability because it is a clone of RedHat.  I 
>> still use CentOS for other things than weewx, and rather than wait to see if 
>> Rocky Linux is successful, I'm moving to Ubuntu LTS 2020, which has at least 
>> 5 years of support/stability.
>> 
>> - Paul VE1DX
> 
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