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Re:CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream by TheAdamAndChe on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @12:44PM (#25348697)
Why wouldn't they switch to Debian instead? Their emphasis on stability matches that of CentOS more than Ubuntu, or at least did.
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Re:CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream by busterarm on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @12:52PM (#25348847)
Because some important vendors don't target Debian whereas they do target Ubuntu.

Canonical and RedHat are paying the salaries of the people steering the direction of Linux as a whole. They're forcing you to choose between the two.

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Re:CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream by pnutjam on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @02:26PM (#25350105)
Your forgetting Suse, I'll bet they take a big chunk of the customer base. OpenSuse LEAP is now identical to SLES and it can be converted easily if you want support.
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Re:CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream by apecat on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @02:51PM (#25350424)
But LEAP is only supported for 36 months? https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime

That's pretty weak sauce even compared to the five years Debian and Ubuntu offer. And Debian actually supports all their packages, unlike Ubuntu which tricks people into installing unpatched garbage from 'universe'

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Re:CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream by pnutjam on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @06:40PM (#25353165)
Supported for "at least" 36 months. You can get extended support and it's usually quiet a bit more.
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Re:CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream by apecat on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @04:01AM (#25356695)
Do you know what kind of price range would that be?
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Re:CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream by pnutjam on Thursday December 10, 2020 @10:57AM (#25375040)
You'd have to convert to SLES and buy extended support.
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Re:CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream by pseudalopex on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @04:24PM (#25351547)
Ubuntu has more predictable long term support.
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