I will not move to Debian. RHEL clones have 10 years of lifecycle, AlmaLinux just dropped it’s beta today. So there’s no reason to move to Debian or Ubuntu.
> On 3 Feb 2021, at 21:52, Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > Having been burned by IBM before, and with no guarantee > that "Long-term Redhat for individuals" will survive IBM's > legal department into the far future --- I'm thinking about > abandoning 25 years of Redhat experience and switching to > Debian, while my aging brain can still handle change. > > Debian - yikes! > > Thinking about - not decided, though I halted work on a > server upgrade to CentOS 8 while I wait for the dust to > settle. Rocky in April is another option, but if IBM > goes after them, they will be a wet spot on the floor. > > So - who else is contemplating a move to Debian? > > I very much hope to stay connected to the "scientific" > aspect of our community. Making big changes together > with other science computationalists would be easier. > > Easier still would be staying with an RPM distro, IF it > remained useful and legal and affordable for our kind of > computing. An e-commerce and corporate infrastructure > focused distro, not so much. > > Keith > > P.S. I remember the Red Hat booth at OSCON 2014, after the > Borging of CentOS, where I was assured that they would > support CentOS into the distant future. That "assurance" > survived the IBM acquisition by 18 months. What changes > will 5 more years of IBM (and their formidable lega > department, called the Nazgul by other technology lawyers) > result in? > > > -- > Keith Lofstrom [email protected]
