NASA secures contract with Rocky Enterprise Linux

Re:NASA secures contract with Rocky Enterprise Linux by p_l on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @10:27AM (#36418871)

It's probably an evaluation in preparation for removing CentOS in ways other than buying RHEL.

Federal agencies can't really use CentOS after 2024-06-30, so everyone dealing with federal clients is working on an upgrade path (CentOS was a major solution due to piggy backing on RHEL certifications )

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Re:NASA secures contract with Rocky Enterprise Linux by dralley on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @12:42PM (#36420908)

There is no Rocky Linux 7, and CentOS 8 is already EOL, so I think it's a valid question.

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Re:NASA secures contract with Rocky Enterprise Linux by p_l on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @05:32PM (#36424917)

There's a lot of CentOS 7 in various USGOV and adjacent (suppliers/service providers) who are stuck facing purchase of RHEL8/9 licenses or migrating to other distros - as CentOS 7 going EOL on 2024-06-30 means you can't use it for federal systems without each federal client getting a waiver.

You have to either go with another distro or provide your own support (essentially your own fork).

Those who want to stay with RHEL-like but not deal with actual RHEL licensing are often going with Alma or Rocky.

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