[CentOS] Can't move to Centos 8

Wed May 13 05:39:35 UTC 2020
Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch>

Hi,

> Folks
>
> I've been trying to convert my systems to Centos 8, seeing the EOL on
> the horizon a few years away.  One of my systems is a Mac-Mini, and
> support for that has been discontinued.  I'm wondering what the
> community suggests among these alternatives:
>
> 1)  Stay with Centos 7 even after EOL hoping market pressures will
> add Mac-Mini support
>
> 2)  Spend a few hundred dollars on a small, **quiet** replacement (ugh)
>
> 3) Convert to the Debian/Ubuntu distro.
>
> 4) Hope someone figures out a solution.
>
> By the way, the same issue exists, I believe, also for other Mac
> products, such as the newer laptops and servers.

I can't speak for Macs as I never had or used something from Apple. But,
CentOS 8 also doesn't support a lot of other older hardware and you may
find support for the hardware in the ElRepo repository.

Regards,
Simon