On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 4:15 PM Neal Gompa ngompa13@gmail.com wrote:
Meh. Legacy CentOS Linux gets serious bugs all the time too. I had dozens of AMD servers that wouldn't boot because of a critical bug introduced in CentOS 7.3. There was a whole cycle where I had to hold back kernels because they couldn't release a fix until CentOS 7.4 arrived.
At least with CentOS Stream, when the fix is made, I'll get it right away. That's better than before.
Using the "RHEL beta" increases the risks of a bleeding edge kernel change disable your systems. Been there, done that.
I firmly believe that low-cost self-support options would be a good value for Red Hat to offer to the market, especially for a lot of those startups that eventually grow past the 16 server limit. I hope that's on the docket based on the comment at the top of the RHEL blog post that this is the first of many new programs.
I hope so too, because if they do nothing, then many CentOS users will simply leave for Oracle Linux. I just don't see any other way out now.
I'm optimistic. I know the folks at Red Hat are doing their best, and I have faith in them.
I anticipate that many will not leave CentOS 7, or Amazon Linux 2.