As all of the URLs posted below have been modified, I followed one of
these (that Proofpoint did convert back to the real URL), and found:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forums.rockylinux.org_t_what-2Drhel-2Dsrpm-2Dsource-2Dto-2Duse_124&d=DwICaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=zZh3b_87HBt414ecXqvAm0JRR582SqZ4rF65dSQSrK0&s=Al_Sm2FCISFE-J1UzavNxCUfIqiW-Qy4Btf0Hhmbhpw&e=
For those interested in Rocky EL, these discussions are quite revealing.
One thing does concern me: having left CentOS (it was all "volunteer"
effort at that epoch as I recall) for SL, a primary motivator was that
SL had professional (employed, not volunteer) persons doing the distros,
and this SL list amounting to support.
If Rocky is to be all volunteer, how reliable and professional will it
be? This is not a minor issue, as very few enthusiasts or other
non-professionals provide a truly reliable deliverable.
For my use, is EL going to continue to be workstation friendly (e.g.,
laptop in which one cannot pick and choose to integrate only Linux
traditionally supported controllers with appropriate drivers, such as
sound "cards", but is stuck with whatever the laptop vendor has used --
typically MS Win "supported") or is it primarily a server distro?
Ubuntu LTS still seems to be laptop friendly.
On 12/9/20 5:47 PM, ~Stack~ wrote:
Greetings,
Greg Kurtzer (the guy who started Caos which became CentOS, and he is
also the guy who started Warewulf and Singularity), has announced Rocky
Linux.
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__rockylinux.org_&d=DwICaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=PcjfmOcTIXtiyJX8e4EjgVJf_0n7OjIkGzXbVXvtmIg&s=unWm5JFUE__5nWPA8pEHmO3aCjkyrMeVFRQp2XtnnaQ&e=
It's aiming to be the replacement for a community backed EL8 distro. And
wow, has he gotten support. It's blowing up on the slack page with
people wanting to help.
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__hpcng.slack.com&d=DwICaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=PcjfmOcTIXtiyJX8e4EjgVJf_0n7OjIkGzXbVXvtmIg&s=d5aX1hYZZmDZqWcoQLlqK_HhvOCvJ1iUa_92XhVJa4I&e=
I think you can get an invite through the links on the rockylinux page.
I'm sure if any of the Scientific Linux team wanted to throw some
pointers over to the group it would be very appreciated. As would any
support/help from those who want to see a solid EL8 clone. :-)
Thanks!
~Stack~
