Re: FWIW: AlmaLinux now available.

2021-04-03 Thread Bruce Ferrell
A URL, no. I'm happy to answer any questions on the experience.  It's Centos 8 and as I said, I've been avoiding systemd based systems like the plague... And it is a plague in my opinion. I did find a package that "auto-installed" for the server install called performance co-pilot that

Fwd: FWIW: AlmaLinux now available.

2021-04-03 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
-- Forwarded message - From: Yasha Karant Date: Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 7:43 PM Subject: Re: FWIW: AlmaLinux now available. To: scientific-linux-users I have not downloaded (and thus not installed) AL8. From below: > My recollection of a fresh install of SL (it has been a number

Re: FWIW: AlmaLinux now available.

2021-04-03 Thread Bruce Ferrell
On 4/3/21 4:43 PM, Yasha Karant wrote: I have not downloaded (and thus not installed) AL8.  From below: with > unfortunate issues precisely replicing [replicating?] those of RHEL installation > media, such as an absurd number of confusingly distinct software > channels, and no default mirror

Re: FWIW: AlmaLinux now available.

2021-04-03 Thread Yasha Karant
Would you be willing to post or provide a URL in which you cover in a bit more detail your experience with the actual installation and any issues that arose during the installation (including disk layout, file systems used, etc)? On 4/3/21 7:18 PM, Bruce Ferrell wrote: On 4/3/21 4:43 PM,

Re: FWIW: AlmaLinux now available.

2021-04-03 Thread Yasha Karant
I have not downloaded (and thus not installed) AL8. From below: with > unfortunate issues precisely replicing [replicating?] those of RHEL installation > media, such as an absurd number of confusingly distinct software > channels, and no default mirror list on the network bootable media. >

Re: FWIW: AlmaLinux now available.

2021-04-03 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 5:52 PM Konstantin Olchanski wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 11:39:17AM -0400, Lamar Owen wrote: > > > > AlmaLinux stable release is now available. > > > > Question is: but for how long? until red hat pulls a centos on them? > > P.S. > > My message is "FU!D". Fear,

Re: FWIW: AlmaLinux now available.

2021-04-03 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 11:39:17AM -0400, Lamar Owen wrote: > > AlmaLinux stable release is now available. > Question is: but for how long? until red hat pulls a centos on them? P.S. My message is "FU!D". Fear, check! Uncertainty, check! Deception? Nope, happened before, will happen again.

Re: FWIW: AlmaLinux now available.

2021-04-03 Thread Yasha Karant
From: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__almalinux.org_=DwID-g=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A=KU_K6Bb6uJskkQm0ARvjm17xkYDdWaB3_FkejuJOG48=0dJ5TofplnmjW7jomirkBqLAnePLrd6g4rgnOAamFZw= As a standalone, completely free

Re: FWIW: AlmaLinux now available.

2021-04-03 Thread Teh, Kenneth M.
Thank you for the info. Almalinux is a candidate for me. Please continue to post your impressions, pros and cons. Thank you. From: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov on behalf of Lamar Owen Sent: Saturday, April 3, 2021 10:39 AM To:

Re: FWIW: AlmaLinux now available.

2021-04-03 Thread Lamar Owen
On 4/3/21 11:39 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: In the For What It's Worth department: Also in the FWIW department, I put direct links in my message; the URL Proof Point links are how the list software here changes the typed links for safety, but makes them nearly unreadable. Direct link to

FWIW: AlmaLinux now available.

2021-04-03 Thread Lamar Owen
In the For What It's Worth department: AlmaLinux stable release is now available.  I've used the almalinux-deploy shell script (see