[HN Gopher] AlmaLinux an open-source RHEL fork
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AlmaLinux an open-source RHEL fork
Author : nwilkens
Score : 56 points
Date : 2021-01-12 16:09 UTC (6 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (almalinux.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (almalinux.org)
| GTP wrote:
| Is anybody keeping track of all the potential CentOS replacements
| that are appearing in these months?
| jlgaddis wrote:
| Not at the moment.
|
| I was just starting towards a migration from CentOS 7 to CentOS
| 8 when Red Hat made their announcement so I put that on hold
| and decided to stick with 7 for now.
|
| In about six months or so, I'll look at which of these new RHEL
| 8 clones actually have something to show off and start making a
| decision from there. No point in chasing something which is
| currently vaporware and may still be half a year from now.
| castillar76 wrote:
| Yeah, this is always the problem with apocalypse-level events
| like this. There's always a period of fragmentation where
| everyone and their Aunt Lillian starts a new fork project to
| pursue whatever angle they want.
|
| It'll take some time for all the fragments to coalesce, likely
| with some T1000-ing into larger projects while others lose
| steam as developers settle on a single option. Unfortunately,
| in the meantime consumers of CentOS are left to look at the
| field in the crystal ball and try to figure out which project
| to place their bet on (or just move to something else for a
| while and have a pint while the whole thing blows over). The
| good news is that things don't really become pressing until
| 2023, which gives some time for things to resolve.
|
| It's the Circle Of Open Source. :)
| pinewurst wrote:
| It's very hard to make strategic decisions on CentOS
| replacements that don't actually exist. Looking at the Rocky
| forums, there's far more energy complaining about the name than
| seemingly in assisting any release.
| [deleted]
| brian_herman wrote:
| I'm more interested in https://rockylinux.org/ from the former
| centos people.
| drdec wrote:
| The linked page claims that CloudLinux has pledged $1M/yr to
| AlmaLinux which solves one of the main concerns I have about
| Rocky.
|
| It also seems like CloudLinux has already been doing something
| like this internally so it shouldn't be an issue to get the
| project up and going. It will be interesting to see how they do
| vs Rocky.
| liamnal wrote:
| There's a difference between a community backed effort vs a
| CEO of a small company that wants to throw $1M at something.
| Considering a community would do it for free, I'm under the
| impression that the CEO just wants to make money.
| znpy wrote:
| In fairness, the home page says "Backed by 1M _annual_
| investment "
| johannes1234321 wrote:
| I view the risk differently: A community is self-supporting
| and contributors are equal.
|
| If one entity throws 1M/yr onto it, they could suddenly
| stop and the contributors go away and no other contributors
| can take over as they never were equals ...
|
| (And yes, it's more complicated, first case can also lose
| key contributors who have keys etc.)
| joemclarke wrote:
| This is great news, we have been using CloudLinux and Kernel Care
| at my web hosting company for many years and they are great
| products. These guys know what they are doing and I trust this
| distro will be well supported.
| sce wrote:
| > Launched with the code-name Project Lenix, AlmaLinux is an
| open-source, community-driven project that intends to fill the
| gap left by the demise of the CentOS stable release. AlmaLinux is
| a 1:1 binary compatible fork of RHEL(r) 8 and it is built by the
| creators of the established CloudLinux OS.
|
| This is what open source is all about. Personally I don't need
| it, but I love it.
| m463 wrote:
| It's also worth remembering that redhat itself is repackaging
| other people's programs into a distribution.
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