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. David
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
On Tue, 12 May 2020 17:42:25 -0700 david <david at daku.org> wrote:> 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:I can't be specific since you didn't say how you're using the Mini. You don't even say if the Mini is PPC, i386, or x86_64.> 1) Stay with Centos 7 even after EOL hoping market pressures will > add Mac-Mini supportMy guess is that RH will focus on the server market.> 2) Spend a few hundred dollars on a small, **quiet** replacement > (ugh)2a) Stay on C7 until EOL (in 4 years). Then re-evaluate your hardware needs and availablilty.> 3) Convert to the Debian/Ubuntu distro. > > 4) Hope someone figures out a solution.Beware. This might end up being very fragile. 5) Switch to Fedora which has better hardware support and more software. Jim
> On Tue, 12 May 2020 17:42:25 -0700 david <david at daku.org> wrote: > >> 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:I run CentOS 7 in production, but use Ubuntu for my development desktop. Ubuntu is much more geared to desktop, but I would not use it in a server environment. Todd Merriman Software Toolz, Inc.
At 01:25 PM 5/13/2020, James Szinger wrote:>On Tue, 12 May 2020 17:42:25 -0700 david <david at daku.org> wrote: > > > 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: > >I can't be specific since you didn't say how you're using the >Mini. You don't even say if the Mini is PPC, i386, or x86_64. > > > 1) Stay with Centos 7 even after EOL hoping market pressures will > > add Mac-Mini support > >My guess is that RH will focus on the server market. > > > 2) Spend a few hundred dollars on a small, **quiet** replacement > > (ugh) > >2a) Stay on C7 until EOL (in 4 years). Then re-evaluate your hardware >needs and availablilty. > > > 3) Convert to the Debian/Ubuntu distro. > > > > 4) Hope someone figures out a solution. > >Beware. This might end up being very fragile. > >5) Switch to Fedora which has better hardware support and more software. > >Jim >___________Jim Sorry that I omitted those details, so... Intended use: Gateway to my in-house network, providing DNS (internal only), DHCP, Mail server, and web server, backup storage for some systems As a web server, the load is low, so large USB-connected disk works just fine. As a backup device, I am using ZFS and it works well. As a mail server, it's my personal mail primarily, likely running sendmail or postfix. Mac-mini is an x86_64. For use as a gateway, I use the Ethernet connect as a link to a gigabyte switch and WiFi access point, and use a usb-connected dongle for the ethernet connect to the modem/internet. David