On 07.07.21 18:04, Jon Pruente wrote:
On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 7:41 AM Leon Fauster via CentOS <centos@centos.org mailto:centos@centos.org> wrote:
Here is another one: https://navylinux.org/ <https://navylinux.org/>Navy Linux has a bad taste already, for me. They are aiming too big, even trying to replicate EPEL for themselves. And their attitude isn't good. They had a tweet disparaging "new unstable vendors" of EL distros that they only deleted after being called out for it, despite being one of those themselves.
Deleted tweet link: https://twitter.com/NavyLinux/status/1408429562472677381 https://twitter.com/NavyLinux/status/1408429562472677381
They used to say they were founded by "Unixlab". Which Unixlab? We don't know. Now they say they are a non-profit Foundation that founded the project. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kZLBFcdLyrYJ:https://n... https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kZLBFcdLyrYJ:https://navylinux.org/about/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
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The Division of Corporations in DELAWARE shows: Formation Date: 6/14/2021 (mm/dd/yyyy)
Anyway, in the context of ongoing attacks to the supply chain. This situation where CentOS is running EOL will motivate new black hats to step into the place. Imagine a massive deployed OS that is trojanized?!
So trust is here king and despite all adversity (that also hits me hard) we should thinks twice before running away into foreign arms.
-- Leon