[BlueOnyx:24821] Re: EOL Centos 8? - AlmaLinux beta released

[Ernie]

Here is an article from Ubuntu talking about why it should be the choice to
replace CentOS at the end of the year.

https://ubuntu.com//blog/why-is-ubuntu-linux-the-leading-choice-to-replace-centos-for-finserv-infrastructure

Ubuntu is debian based, so it's a totally different package management system,
long term enterprise support is their big party trick.


- Ernie.



> Hi all,
> 
> > AlmaLinux just released a Beta of their RHEL8 clone:
> > 
> > https://www.reddit.com/r/AlmaLinux/comments/la7zy8/almalinux_beta_version_released_release_notes_and/
> > 
> > I'm going to play around with it today.
> > 
> > My first step will be to install a minimal AlmaLinux off their ISO and
> > then install BlueOnyx 5210R onto it via our manual installation guide
> > for CentOS 8: https://www.blueonyx.it/5210r-manual-install
> 
> Some running commentary on this while I'm at it:
> 
> I've just downloaded the AlmaLinux-8.3-beta-1-x86_64-minimal.iso from
> https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/8.3-beta/isos/x86_64/ and installed
> a server with it. That worked out of the box in the same fashion as
> we're used to from the CentOS 8 ISO. No surprises.
> 
> I then performed a manual 5210R install via YUM using our existing guide:
> 
> https://www.blueonyx.it/5210r-manual-install
> 
> That also worked out of the box with no surprises and results in a fully
> working BlueOnyx 5210R.
> 
> AlmaLinux 8.3 is binary compatible to CentOS 8 and the only real
> difference is that the "centos-release" RPM has been replaced with a
> "almalinux-release" RPM that ties it into different upstream mirrors,
> gives it a different name and introduces rebranded artwork.
> 
> [root at alma ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
> AlmaLinux release 8.3 Beta (Purple Manul)
> 
> Bottom line: This looks good and we have a new OS for 5210R that will
> serve us until the upstream RHEL8 goes into EOL in 2029.
> 
> Next step? I'm now off trying to build a 5210R ISO based on the
> AlmaLinux ISO.
> 
> -- 
> With best regards
> 
> Michael Stauber
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