Hi all,


I just came across the (already quite old) news that Red-Hat switches their
support-policy for CentOS to a rolling preview model (replacing CentOS Linux
by CentOS Stream):

https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-red-hat-dumped-centos-for-centos-stream/

https://www.enterpriseai.news/2021/01/22/red-hats-disruption-of-centos-unlea
shes-storm-of-dissent/



I wondered if that has any implications for the community, as scientific
programs - maybe except the big ones like coot, Phenix, and ccp4 - are often
not *that* well maintained for an extended period. I had the impression
CentOS was liked especially for its "unbreakability,"  and it seems to be
the main developing platform for some widely used smaller programs (e.g.,
adxv).



Do you think it would be advisable to switch to a Ubuntu-distro when setting
up new workstations in the future, or is it safe to stick to CentOS?



Please let me know what you think :-)



Best,



Matthias





Matthias Zeug

Buchmann Institute of Molecular Life Sciences

Goethe University Frankfurt




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