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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char">I’m working in a University and we have a no. of servers running CentOS Linux. We chose CentOS Linux because it is free of charge. Recently we learned that CentOS is shifting focus from CentOS Linux to CentOS
Stream. We are very concerned if CentOS Stream requires subscription and if updates/patches for CentOS Stream requires subscription.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char">Can you help on my queries below:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><b><u>Question 1<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char">Referring to ‘FAQ – CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream’ (<a href="https://secure-web.cisco.com/12vidbGo4KDeMy7BxwP79RXZ8adFilOrBfFEAuqwSj1E2GWAByDpMNh0PTewiEzSzsxsOsAOipvu1Til0zc6Q_igSjdcHWzQ2NpO74qdefGQoG3VCYZaBh3bVfZAGjD5C3fwyrfv21imb8gUektv1yrAVv4X9Mqkc0MMMmtVau9uNKJDUg96bzXYjr_s1KLu1-JYOyZPn64djm_rIGQ2CBuE1Pw5XcJx6pWasRgZ2QjSAl40JGxfXqeRlJSXXwOzZHUebFei0DeEOn877-DzphbMIw0RTnsobRBdNDcr_Bv9z0XH1z4Hy3wd6WRt4V5Eb/https%3A%2F%2Fcentos.org%2Fdistro-faq%2F" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">https://centos.org/distro-faq/</span></a>):<span lang="EN-HK"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><i><span style="color:#212529"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><i><span style="color:#212529">Q2: What about the other releases of CentOS Linux?</span></i><i><span lang="EN-HK"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char;background:white"><b><i><span style="color:#212529">A:</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-HK"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212529;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char;background:white">
<i>Updates for the CentOS Linux 6 distribution <a href="https://secure-web.cisco.com/1AFEn0WSozOLnX5KWTyqLb81hqQsytVdWyuFXdazPwmDg4Fs-4sm1Y_dCi0cZKfrGElHF-zlZr4JeLnHTNAOXCaXGtS--9Ymp0SdI2A7WdPIMsdzSmujwzbxHkSFj8QJrkPWaz3h15ynmJM-k0fMvhtpj8ayA3Pmr3Sh7PV6W9efKo1HjPPNNytlESjCHdbRfta3C8Ftyl6cfqIZo1FMZlwiMX_inFvX_eTZbbEtpaPKSBo9W2PIL63P26ln_SwsLDTd3cFmVZdRfbaHOLv_bwmyan1f6G1A_E6YVZZ1XwUTaD5Z_wwV8aX4Q7uF4U02F/https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.centos.org%2FAbout%2FProduct" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007BFF">ended
November 30, 2020</span></a>.</i><i><span lang="EN-HK"><o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212529;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char;background:white">
<i>Updates for the CentOS Linux 7 distribution continue as before until the <a href="https://secure-web.cisco.com/1Vjg5-b7gAc7XPdTp009SgavZ85rt-79Y60WEjKdZHhQl-sqnRJAlvG9k-Yz1CcNC7xp1Mxdatzpdm6LfRYDcpgtwifkWsjWP_xfTy0CmNbzV3ahnM4OBVFg9booyDbXpcfeVhSzITINmB4eISdXEcOqwafpGuK27hQW1IUQ8gwgnyshxmgIULEHeHdmIqwvHhbxMMst-f7Xjbg5ffkooM5BK0MzzrJ3oV2ImeTiZAD96a7fPl_kP1MxES9swYCGR4u52LWGed4-k57CbMXtuY15yv72kHLIWMiY46katdOOdDl5AjOfWCS83YB1jIx9O/https%3A%2F%2Faccess.redhat.com%2Fsupport%2Fpolicy%2Fupdates%2Ferrata%2F%23Life_Cycle_Dates" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007BFF">end
of support for RHEL7</span></a>.</i><i><span lang="EN-HK"><o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212529;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char;background:white">
<i>Updates for the CentOS Linux 8 distribution continue until the end of 2021; users can choose to switch over directly to CentOS Stream 8</i><i><span lang="EN-HK"><o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212529;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char;background:white">
<i><span style="color:red">Updates for the CentOS Stream 8 distribution continue through the <a href="https://secure-web.cisco.com/1Vjg5-b7gAc7XPdTp009SgavZ85rt-79Y60WEjKdZHhQl-sqnRJAlvG9k-Yz1CcNC7xp1Mxdatzpdm6LfRYDcpgtwifkWsjWP_xfTy0CmNbzV3ahnM4OBVFg9booyDbXpcfeVhSzITINmB4eISdXEcOqwafpGuK27hQW1IUQ8gwgnyshxmgIULEHeHdmIqwvHhbxMMst-f7Xjbg5ffkooM5BK0MzzrJ3oV2ImeTiZAD96a7fPl_kP1MxES9swYCGR4u52LWGed4-k57CbMXtuY15yv72kHLIWMiY46katdOOdDl5AjOfWCS83YB1jIx9O/https%3A%2F%2Faccess.redhat.com%2Fsupport%2Fpolicy%2Fupdates%2Ferrata%2F%23Life_Cycle_Dates" target="_blank"><span style="color:red">full
RHEL support phase</span></a></span></i><i>.</i><i><span lang="EN-HK"><o:p></o:p></span></i></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char;background:white"><i><span style="color:#212529">We will not be producing a CentOS Linux 9, as a rebuild of RHEL 9. Instead CentOS Stream 9 fulfills this role. (See Q6 below regarding the overlap between concurrent
streams.)</span></i><i><span lang="EN-HK"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char">I don’t quite understand the 4<sup>th</sup> point,
<span style="color:red">‘<i>Updates for the CentOS Stream 8 distribution continue through the <a href="https://secure-web.cisco.com/1Vjg5-b7gAc7XPdTp009SgavZ85rt-79Y60WEjKdZHhQl-sqnRJAlvG9k-Yz1CcNC7xp1Mxdatzpdm6LfRYDcpgtwifkWsjWP_xfTy0CmNbzV3ahnM4OBVFg9booyDbXpcfeVhSzITINmB4eISdXEcOqwafpGuK27hQW1IUQ8gwgnyshxmgIULEHeHdmIqwvHhbxMMst-f7Xjbg5ffkooM5BK0MzzrJ3oV2ImeTiZAD96a7fPl_kP1MxES9swYCGR4u52LWGed4-k57CbMXtuY15yv72kHLIWMiY46katdOOdDl5AjOfWCS83YB1jIx9O/https%3A%2F%2Faccess.redhat.com%2Fsupport%2Fpolicy%2Fupdates%2Ferrata%2F%23Life_Cycle_Dates" target="_blank"><span style="color:red">full
RHEL support phase</span></a>’</i></span><i>. </i>Can you further elaborate it? Does it mean that users will receive updates/patches for CentOS Stream 8 ONLY if they subscribe full RHEL support?
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><b><u><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">Question 2<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">In the announcement, it states
<i><span style="color:red">‘If you are using CentOS Linux 8 in a production environment, and are concerned that CentOS Stream will not meet your needs, we encourage you to contact Red Hat about options.’
</span></i>Can you highlight what are the drawbacks of CentOS Stream causing not encouraged to run on a production environment?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char">Thanks very much in advance.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="color:#212529">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="color:#212529">Catherine Chan</span><span lang="EN-HK"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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