LOL, laughing with you not at you, license free RHEL. Just RHEL (IBM) wanting to increase the coffers for RHEL. I know, I know thats not whats really happening but yeah that is what is really happening. If you want a tested production worthy server install based on RHEL then you will have to pay for RHEL. I know this is exaggerating but if I wanted to test pre-production stuff I could just run Fedora. ;) Oh well end of an era...sniff. servers? Is there a license-free RHEL server option that is the > recommended path from using CentOS? > > Chris > > On 12/8/2020 8:32 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote: > > This is really, really bad for the majority of us using CentOS. > > > > Is there any way we can lobby for the reversal of this decision? Remember > > that the -devel mailing list, and IRC channels *do not* represent the > vast > > majority of CentOS users. Most of us are just sysadmins trying to keep > our > > systems that have been using CentOS for many, many years running and our > > procedures for installing, and patching systems working after whatever > > changes have been mysteriously decided upon, and forced on us. > > > > We will be forced to look at other distributions now; and forced to do a > > ton of unnecessary work to deal with this. > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 9:06 AM Rich Bowen <rbowen at redhat.com> wrote: > > > >> The future of the CentOS Project is CentOS Stream, and over the next > >> year we’ll be shifting focus from CentOS Linux, the rebuild of Red Hat > >> Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to CentOS Stream, which tracks just ahead of a > >> current RHEL release. CentOS Linux 8, as a rebuild of RHEL 8, will end > >> at the end of 2021. CentOS Stream continues after that date, serving as > >> the upstream (development) branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. > >> > >> Meanwhile, we understand many of you are deeply invested in CentOS Linux > >> 7, and we’ll continue to produce that version through the remainder of > >> the RHEL 7 life cycle. > >> > https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/#Life_Cycle_Dates > >> > >> CentOS Stream will also be the centerpiece of a major shift in > >> collaboration among the CentOS Special Interest Groups (SIGs). This > >> ensures SIGs are developing and testing against what becomes the next > >> version of RHEL. This also provides SIGs a clear single goal, rather > >> than having to build and test for two releases. It gives the CentOS > >> contributor community a great deal of influence in the future of RHEL. > >> And it removes confusion around what “CentOS” means in the Linux > >> distribution ecosystem. > >> > >> When CentOS Linux 8 (the rebuild of RHEL8) ends, your best option will > >> be to migrate to CentOS Stream 8, which is a small delta from CentOS > >> Linux 8, and has regular updates like traditional CentOS Linux releases. > >> 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. > >> > >> We have an FAQ - https://centos.org/distro-faq/ - to help with your > >> information and planning needs, as you figure out how this shift of > >> project focus might affect you. > >> > >> [See also: Red Hat's perspective on this. > >> > >> > https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/centos-stream-building-innovative-future-enterprise-linux > >> ] > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> CentOS-devel mailing list > >> CentOS-devel at centos.org > >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel > >> > > > > -- > Christopher Wensink > IS Administrator > Five Star Plastics, Inc > 1339 Continental Drive > Eau Claire, WI 54701 > Office: 715-831-1682 > Mobile: 715-563-3112 > Fax: 715-831-6075 > cwensink at five-star-plastics.com > www.five-star-plastics.com > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >