Re:Rocky Linux releases its first release candidate
by indymike on Thursday May 27, 2021 @04:14PM
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CentOS failed because it's sponsor willed it to do so. When it went from being focused on long term stability to a rolling release, it was no longer in alignment with the reason it's users selected it. Since Rocky is being developed by some of the same people that did CentOS, I suspect that things will be just fine... after all, they benefit from being a downstream distribution.
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Re:Rocky Linux releases its first release candidate
by dralley on Friday May 28, 2021 @10:14AM
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> When it went from being focused on long term stability to a rolling release
The approach to "long term stability" has not changed whatsoever. The only difference is whether the updates are delivered as point-release bundles every 6 months, or incrementally. And it's supported for 5 years instead of 10, which is in-line with other free LTS distros.
Re:Rocky Linux releases its first release candidate
by indymike on Monday May 31, 2021 @12:02PM
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Nope. CentOS stream is ahead of RHEL and has been pitched as a developent version of RHEL. Prior to the change, CentOS was basically a complete opensource RHEL with long term support. https://thenewstack.io/back-to-the-future-a-look-at-centos-s...