[BlueOnyx:24732] Re: End of life of Centos 8?

[Michael Stauber]

Hi all,

A little update on this:

> "CentOS Linux 8, as a rebuild of RHEL 8, will end at the end of 2021."
> 
> The full message is here:
> 
> https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2020-December/048208.html

It looks like the free and open source CloudLinux fork of RHEL8 is going
to drop this week. \o/

See:
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/open-source/cloudlinux-hopes-release-almalinux-its-centos-replacement-week

Initially it was tentatively called "Lenix", but they changed the name
to "AlmaLinux" after some community-input.

This news site reports that AlmaLinux might be released "this week":
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/open-source/cloudlinux-hopes-release-almalinux-its-centos-replacement-week

Official webpage of AlmaLinux: https://almalinux.org/

Official Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/AlmaLinux/

I'll try keep you updated on what's going on there. Once AlmaLinux is
released I'll try to roll up a 5210R ISO image using their sources and
will roll up a (free) PKG that allows you to untie your 5210R from the
CentOS 8 repos and to switch it over to use AlmaLinux repos.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber