It seems that you are not the only one who needs CentOS (https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2745). If I found a bit of time in the next days I will try to do something.
Frédéric Le samedi 26 août 2017 13:19:50 UTC+2, Frédéric Pierret (Epitre) a écrit : > > Dear Pascal, > > It could be a good idea to have CentOS template but replacing Fedora by > CentOS for several daily uses in development software is hard. For example, > in my case in scientific computing, I encountered a lot of problems due a > fast evolution in libraries which forced me in the past to switch to Fedora > instead of CentOS on my servers. > > Maybe you could try to create a builder for CentOS following the repo of > qubes-builder-fedora <https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-builder-fedora> > > Best Regards, > Frédéric > > Le vendredi 25 août 2017 20:51:02 UTC+2, Pascal Dupuis a écrit : >> >> >> Hello, >> >> Fedora 24 reached its EOL with Fedora 26 release; meaning F24 will >> receive less and less attention (and bug fix). For Qube-OS, this mean >> upgrading templates to F25. Once more. And the same will be true with F27 >> release. I installed a machine with QubeOS two years ago, I have template >> for F21, F23, F24, and now F25. >> >> I was wondering if, instead of F25, we could use CentOS 7 ? >> >> I started using it on bootable hard disks, and now I'm replacing F24/F25 >> on many machines with CentOS 7. The experience went rather softly. >> >> The advantages I see: >> 1) evolution rather than revolution: there are significant upgrades at >> regular interval, but no need to bump version number and reinstall >> everything >> 2) software version are not the most up to date, but are still decent >> 3) large software base through EPEL and various repositories >> 4) management is largely similar to Fedora >> 5) the ability to operate softwares targetting RHEL7 >> 6) long term support. Less updates >> >> I didn't see any recent postings on the subject. >> >> What do you think of it ? >> >> Regards >> >> Pascal >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-devel@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-devel/7a635225-684d-445b-8e10-889d29d7238e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
