Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder

Re:Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder by that_guy_iain on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @04:11PM (#25448724)

> Devil's advocate: why should I choose this yet-to-exist distribution over something already existing, such as Oracle Linux?

Because you want what CentOS was and this is basically going to be what CentOS was. Different name, different people, but same prinicple.

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Re:Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder by DarkmSparks on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @04:29PM (#25448958)

Theoretically Oracle Linux and CentOS are identical except the branding, except CentOS has been abandoned and Oracle is just getting started with OL.

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Re:Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder by antihero on Thursday December 17, 2020 @07:06AM (#25454833)

But Oracle are the company we probably trust the least with matters like this.

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Re:Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder by that_guy_iain on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @04:30PM (#25448991)

But Oracle Linux has a different principle really, no? I never think of Oracle and think "Making the paid software free".

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