So no more CentOS LTS releases? The article's author is right: this is definitely going to move people to Ubuntu Server LTS because RHEL isn't exactly cheap.
So no more CentOS LTS releases? The article's author is right: this is definitely going to move people to Ubuntu Server LTS because RHEL isn't exactly cheap.
This seems like a good way to shrink the user base of RHEL in general. Without the entry level CentOS, there will be fewer customers willing to shell out the cash for RHEL.
Exactly. Running CentOS gave you a trivial upgrade path to RHEL when you needed/wanted support. It also exposed people to the RHEL ecosystem which is significantly different from Debian / Ubuntu. This will no doubt decrease their market share over time.
It's going to certainly seen a significant migration over to the Debian ecosystem, that's for certain.
I built a few systems on CentOS over the years, no real complaints other than that I've always preferred Debian over the Redhat distros. I've actually been mucking about a bit with FreeBSD, just have to get my head around it, but it's nice to work with a very Unixy-y operating system where a lot less liberties have been taken (looking at you, systemd), but it's a different beast with some different tools. It reminds me of my first exposure to *nix way back in the early 1990s when I got an old Tandy 6000 running Xenix up and running.
I'm deploying some infrastructure for a personal project and decided to launch it on FreeBSD. I've really enjoyed it and will continue to use this platform on future efforts.
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So no more CentOS Long-Term Support (Score:5, Interesting)
So no more CentOS LTS releases? The article's author is right: this is definitely going to move people to Ubuntu Server LTS because RHEL isn't exactly cheap.
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So no more CentOS LTS releases? The article's author is right: this is definitely going to move people to Ubuntu Server LTS because RHEL isn't exactly cheap.
This seems like a good way to shrink the user base of RHEL in general. Without the entry level CentOS, there will be fewer customers willing to shell out the cash for RHEL.
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Exactly. Running CentOS gave you a trivial upgrade path to RHEL when you needed/wanted support. It also exposed people to the RHEL ecosystem which is significantly different from Debian / Ubuntu. This will no doubt decrease their market share over time.
Re:So no more CentOS Long-Term Support (Score:3)
It's going to certainly seen a significant migration over to the Debian ecosystem, that's for certain.
I built a few systems on CentOS over the years, no real complaints other than that I've always preferred Debian over the Redhat distros. I've actually been mucking about a bit with FreeBSD, just have to get my head around it, but it's nice to work with a very Unixy-y operating system where a lot less liberties have been taken (looking at you, systemd), but it's a different beast with some different tools. It reminds me of my first exposure to *nix way back in the early 1990s when I got an old Tandy 6000 running Xenix up and running.
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