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Re:Scaling Linux Services: Before accepting connections by easytiger on Saturday July 04, 2020 @02:07AM (#23730484)
A lot of the world still have to use RHEL 6b etc and don't have these tools available
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Re:Scaling Linux Services: Before accepting connections by Twirrim on Saturday July 04, 2020 @05:43PM (#23735109)
Just a general observation, if you're on RHEL6 you've got around 4 months left until End of Life. (I know, there are folks out there still running CentOS 4 and prior)
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Re:Scaling Linux Services: Before accepting connections by easytiger on Monday July 06, 2020 @06:06AM (#23746264)
This is not quite accurate. Large institutions with very slow processes and onerous governance will be very much tied to RHEL 6 for some years. It indeed is a very important part of Redhat's business model. Enterprises will purchase extended support for RHEL 6 going up to 2024
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Re:Scaling Linux Services: Before accepting connections by Twirrim on Monday July 06, 2020 @12:23PM (#23749464)
That extended support isn't as comprehensive as the standard support, though. With each stage the amount of components and the degree and types of patching etc reduces.
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