On 09.12.2020 15:45, Johnny Hughes wrote:> On 12/9/20 8:41 AM, Walter H. wrote: >> p.s. can someone tell in as short as possible what this CentOS Stream is >> in comparison to CentOS 8? > CentOS Stream is built from the currently released RHEL Source Code + 0.1 > > So if RHEL 8.3 is released .. Stream is the Source Code (built) that > will become 8.4 in a few months.what does this mean in comparison to CentOS 8, which sources are used for this? to be concrete: I can download this ISO of CentOS 8 (1) CentOS-8.3.2011-x86_64-dvd1.iso and this ISO fo CentOS Stream (2) CentOS-Stream-8-x86_64-20201203-dvd1.iso which sources are used for (1) and which for (2)? and what does it mean of the update process be 'yum update' e.g. if one would do this with CentOS 6, there is no way; the support ended; with CentOS 8 this will haben one day (somewhat in 2029), and what is said about this of CentOS Stream? Thanks, Walter
Johnny Hughes
2020-Dec-09 17:12 UTC
[CentOS] CentOS Stream from bottom works, what is this?
On 12/9/20 11:01 AM, Walter H. wrote:> On 09.12.2020 15:45, Johnny Hughes wrote: >> On 12/9/20 8:41 AM, Walter H. wrote: >>> p.s. can someone tell in as short as possible what this CentOS Stream is >>> in comparison to CentOS 8? >> CentOS Stream is built from the currently released RHEL Source Code + 0.1 >> >> So if RHEL 8.3 is released .. Stream is the Source Code (built) that >> will become 8.4 in a few months. > > what does this mean in comparison to CentOS 8, which sources are used > for this? > > to be concrete: > > I can download this ISO of CentOS 8 > > (1) CentOS-8.3.2011-x86_64-dvd1.iso > > and this ISO fo CentOS Stream > > (2) CentOS-Stream-8-x86_64-20201203-dvd1.iso > > which sources are used for (1) and which for (2)? > > and what does it mean of the update process be 'yum update' > > e.g. if one would do this with CentOS 6, there is no way; the support > ended; > > with CentOS 8 this will haben one day (somewhat in 2029), and what is > said about this of CentOS Stream? >CentOS Linux 8 is the source code from released current RHEL 8 .. for now 8.3. The EOL of CentOS Linux 8 is 31 DEC 2021 CentOS Stream 8 is the source cdoe from what be RHEL + 0.1 .. so currently 8.3 + 0.1 = 8.4. It will EOL in 31 MAY 2024 CentOS Linux 6 EOLed 30 NOV 2020.