completely agree! There are actually several potential CentOS replacements, if needed.
Kay On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:47:25 -0800, Dale Tronrud <[email protected]> wrote: > For what it's worth, CentOS 7 will continue to be supported to the >middle of 2024. That will give you time to see how all this shakes out. > >https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product > >Since Red Hat Linux is founded on open source software anyone can fork a >new Linux distribution based on it, just like CentOS was. There already >is one project doing exactly that > >https://www.zdnet.com/article/almalinux-the-centos-linux-replacement-beta-is-out/ > > You can use the three years of life of CentOS 7 to watch what >happens and make a choice then. > > While I certainly dabble in distros, for the systems I use the big, >crystallographic, packages on I tend to follow the pack and use a Linux >that is widely used. I'll stick with 7 until the rest of you settle on >something. I'm in no hurry. > >Dale Tronrud > >On 2/19/2021 12:35 PM, Matthias Zeug wrote: >> 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-unleashes-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 >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 >> <https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1> >> > >######################################################################## > >To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: >https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > >This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing >list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at >https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/ ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
