Hmm, I see a relation here.
C7Linux - 2024
C8Linux - 2021
So I assume:
C6Linux - 2027
C5Linux - 2030
C4Linux - 2033
...
Interesting.
On Tue, 5 Jan 2021, 21:44 Phil Perry, <pperry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 05/01/2021 19:32, Jamie Burchell wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I've recently discovered the announcement regarding the change in
> direction
> > for the CentOS project and I imagine like many others, I'm confused and
> > concerned about what this means moving forward.
> >
> > I work for a small web development agency and we offer hosting as part of
> > our package to clients who need it. We have many CentOS 7 web servers
> > (DigitalOcean droplets) (LAMP/LEMP) that I look after and today I'm
> > thankful I have only migrated one of those to CentOS 8, given the recent
> > announcement about its curtailed EOL. I literally just went to the Wiki
> > today to confirm the EOL date for EL7 and boy am I glad I spotted it.
> >
> > Given we are not developing drivers or applications (other than websites
> > and web applications), is the change a non-issue for my use-case? I've
> seen
> > it written that CentOS Stream is the "development version" of RHEL but
> also
> > that we shouldn't have considered RHEL to be the beta for CentOS. Others
> > have said to think of CentOS more like RHEL RC-1. I just don't know how
> the
> > stability will compare and we have historically always chosen CentOS for
> > its stability (and of course price).
> >
> > Sure, I could migrate to Ubuntu (I use this locally in WSL), but I've
> > become somewhat "comfy slippers" with CentOS and have built our setup
> > around it (including custom ansible scripts etc) and don't want to change
> > everything unncessarily.
> >
> > Of course, a lot of this is somewhat dependent on what DigitalOcean will
> > decide to provide image wise moving forward.
> >
> > I'm sorry if this has already been answered, I spent a good few hours
> > reading through the respective threads in the devel list and ended up
> more
> > confused than I started.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jamie
>
> Hi Jamie,
>
> Unfortunately no one can advise you as to what may be a suitable
> operating system for your business needs.
>
> One thing is clear, the operating system you are currently running
> (CentOS Linux) is being brought to end of life, version 7 in 2024 and
> version 8 in 2021.
>
> That gives you at least a year (for 8) if not longer to consider and
> evaluate alternatives. As your current OS will no longer exist, I would
> start with a blank sheet, look at the OSes that do exist and evaluate
> each based on it's merits and suitability for your business needs and
> requirements.
>
> Cheers,
> Phil
>
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