On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 4:15 PM Neal Gompa <ngompa13 at 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.