Re: [CentOS] Centos versions in the future?

On 08/07/2021 09:09, Mark Rousell wrote: > I'm not affiliated with Navy Linux but it seems to me there's nothing > inconsistent there. They say it was set up as a community project on > January 4, 2021 and a foundation (a common component of community > projects) was formed on J

Re: [CentOS] Centos versions in the future?

munity project on January 4, 2021 and a foundation (a common component of community projects) was formed on June 14, 2021. That's all perfectly straight and consistent. Rocky, for example, followed the same process didn't it: The community was formed and then a foundation followed so

Re: [CentOS] using RedHat binary packages?

ovides a free dev licence so anyone can legitimately access RHEL binaries (and source RPMs of course) for free, although the use to which one may put the binaries is limited by the licence. -- Mark Rousell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] Video from the CentOS Dojo at CERN now available

ly need an account. > Which I don’t have. Do you mean Youtube account or some other sort? I've got a YT account but the videos are still all private. -- Mark Rousell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Grettings!

vironment. RHEL does not use CDE. RHEL uses "KDE". KDE = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE -- Mark Rousell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Would RHEL, CentOS, and Fedora Remain Open Source/Free Software After IBM Buys Red Hat for $34 Billion?

anger for saying this but I actually think they get open source now, and Canonical (or SUSE) would be safe with them. They'd destroy the value of the purchase if they mucked it up or tried to integrate it. Time will tell, I guess. -- Mark Rousell ___

Re: [CentOS] IBM buying RedHat

k compared to high end name-brand x86-64 servers (i.e. higher prices but not unimaginably so for the extra power -- pun intended). -- Mark Rousell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] IBM buying RedHat

ercut them in a large enough scale. But it seems that a lot of people in larger businesses still like the security of "IBM" (even if they choose to run Linux on the boxes). -- Mark Rousell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] IBM buying RedHat

ones). I suspect that Linux will eventually replace i and AIX -- eventually. But I bet there are some significant clients who are still willing to pay money to keep them going. -- Mark Rousell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.

Re: [CentOS] IBM buying RedHat

with what was RS/6000. They all use Power CPUs now and run Linux, IBM i, or AIX. "IBM i" is, of course the operating system previously known as OS/400 and then i5/OS. Simple, eh. ;-) -- Mark Rousell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org h

Re: [CentOS] IBM buying RedHat

m x) but on POWER, that could be interesting. Haven't the IBM x86 servers gone to Lenovo now? As far as I can see, IBM Power Systems *are* in effect what you are looking for, i.e. a Power-based server to run Linux (or AIX or IBM i if you prefer) -- well, that's how IBM would see it I think. They a

Re: [CentOS] IBM buying RedHat

es but I wonder how they compare in practice with Epyc or Xeon systems. -- Mark Rousell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] What are the differences between systemd and non-systemd Linux distros?

On 17/10/2018 20:03, Warren Young wrote: > On Oct 17, 2018, at 10:03 AM, Mark Rousell wrote: >> launchd is not being forced on them as systemd is in practice > Try doing without launchd on macOS. > > If you think that’s irrelevant, count the number of MacBooks at the next &g

Re: [CentOS] What are the differences between systemd and non-systemd Linux distros?

actly what a lot of systemd's critics say, too. -- Mark Rousell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] What are the differences between systemd and non-systemd Linux distros?

ems to me that what you say in your first paragraph above applies not just to RH-ecosystem Linuxes but probably to all corporate-focussed ones in both the RH and SUSE ecosystems. It's mainly the Debian world where it seems to me that there is still room for smaller entrants (including a

Re: [CentOS] 2038 year Problem

ajor semi-proprietary system we knew about anyway). However, your employer (and your employer's industry) was very different: It clearly ran numerous disparate code bases, many developed in house, many of which were non-compliant and whose compliance was unknown until you found and fixed them. I was de

Re: [CentOS] 2038 year Problem

On 03/10/2018 02:46, Mark Rousell wrote: > I don't think I've ever said this but [...] Oops, sorry. This was off-topic here. I actually thought this was a different mail list where it would have been on-topic. -- Mark Rousell ___ CentOS mail

Re: [CentOS] 2038 year Problem

ess. Perhaps I should be pleased the actual 99/00 changeover went so smoothly afterall. -- Mark Rousell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] email Server for CentOS 7

e who have deliberately chosen to run CentOS. We all have to start somewhere and this is as good a place as anywhere. But be aware that running a mail server is a big commitment to time and maintenance. -- Mark Rousell ___ CentOS mailin

Re: [CentOS] Which is better? Microsoft Exchange 2016 or Linux-based SMTP Servers?

feel certain, will come to regret it (some already have come to regret it). -- Mark Rousell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos