For what it's worth, CentOS 7 will continue to be supported to the
middle of 2024. That will give you time to see how all this shakes out.
https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product
Since Red Hat Linux is founded on open source software anyone can fork a
new Linux distribution based on it, just like CentOS was. There already
is one project doing exactly that
https://www.zdnet.com/article/almalinux-the-centos-linux-replacement-beta-is-out/
You can use the three years of life of CentOS 7 to watch what
happens and make a choice then.
While I certainly dabble in distros, for the systems I use the big,
crystallographic, packages on I tend to follow the pack and use a Linux
that is widely used. I'll stick with 7 until the rest of you settle on
something. I'm in no hurry.
Dale Tronrud
On 2/19/2021 12:35 PM, Matthias Zeug wrote:
Hi all,
I just came across the (already quite old) news that Red-Hat switches
their support-policy for CentOS to a rolling preview model (replacing
CentOS Linux by CentOS Stream):
https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-red-hat-dumped-centos-for-centos-stream/
https://www.enterpriseai.news/2021/01/22/red-hats-disruption-of-centos-unleashes-storm-of-dissent/
I wondered if that has any implications for the community, as scientific
programs - maybe except the big ones like coot, Phenix, and ccp4 - are
often not **that** well maintained for an extended period. I had the
impression CentOS was liked especially for its “unbreakability,” and it
seems to be the main developing platform for some widely used smaller
programs (e.g., adxv).
Do you think it would be advisable to switch to a Ubuntu-distro when
setting up new workstations in the future, or is it safe to stick to
CentOS?
Please let me know what you think :-)
Best,
Matthias
Matthias Zeug
Buchmann Institute of Molecular Life Sciences
Goethe University Frankfurt
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