Re:AlmaLinux 9.3 Stable
by Yasuraka on Monday November 13, 2023 @05:23PM
(#38256198)
The split from replicating RHEL exactly ("bug for bug") to binary compatibility stung at first, but by now I feel like it might have been better after all like ripping off an overdue band-aid.
That said I hope we're in for at least half a decade of stability and peace amongst the RHELoids
Re:AlmaLinux 9.3 Stable
by candiddevmike on Monday November 13, 2023 @05:53PM
(#38256498)
> That said I hope we're in for at least half a decade of stability and peace amongst the RHELoids
Probably best to either pay for RHEL or move to a different distro. They've proven multiple times now that they don't care for free derivatives, and they're willing to squeeze blood from stone to get subscriptions.
On the plus side, other distro support among COTS has never been better. Kubernetes or Docker is the new target, not RHEL.
Re:AlmaLinux 9.3 Stable
by brnt on Monday November 13, 2023 @11:31PM
(#38259190)
Instead of praying RH won't alter the deal further, why not take control definitively and use a democratic distro like Debian? Why keep subjugating the continuity of your business like this?
Re:AlmaLinux 9.3 Stable
by InitEnabler on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @01:06PM
(#38267041)
I always had this thought that maybe it would be better to fork entirely but not be bug-for-bug compatible. That way Alma and Rocky can find a base that they both agree on but maybe have different development cycles.
While Alma and Rocky promise the moon of 10 years of support and unreproachable governance, they are slow and inconsistent about releasing security fixes while CentOS 9 Stream releases them fast. Neither has the professionalism, track record, or deep benches of engineering teams to sustain themselves in the long term. I suspect neither Alma nor Rocky will survive 10 years.
That said I hope we're in for at least half a decade of stability and peace amongst the RHELoids
Probably best to either pay for RHEL or move to a different distro. They've proven multiple times now that they don't care for free derivatives, and they're willing to squeeze blood from stone to get subscriptions.
On the plus side, other distro support among COTS has never been better. Kubernetes or Docker is the new target, not RHEL.
I vastly prefer Fedora to testing@Debian or God forbid Ubuntu and would like to use the same environment in a server distro too
While Alma and Rocky promise the moon of 10 years of support and unreproachable governance, they are slow and inconsistent about releasing security fixes while CentOS 9 Stream releases them fast. Neither has the professionalism, track record, or deep benches of engineering teams to sustain themselves in the long term. I suspect neither Alma nor Rocky will survive 10 years.