On 7/7/21 12:08 PM, Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote:> On 07.07.21 18:04, Jon Pruente wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 7:41 AM Leon Fauster via CentOS >> <centos at centos.org <mailto:centos at centos.org>> wrote: >> >> ??? Here is another one: >> >> ??? https://navylinux.org/ <https://navylinux.org/> >> >> >> Navy Linux has a bad taste already,?for me. They are aiming too big, >> even trying to replicate?EPEL for themselves. And their attitude isn't >> good. They had a tweet disparaging "new unstable vendors" of EL >> distros that they only deleted after being called out for it, despite >> being one of those themselves. >> >> Deleted tweet link: >> https://twitter.com/NavyLinux/status/1408429562472677381 >> <https://twitter.com/NavyLinux/status/1408429562472677381> >> >> They used to say they were founded by "Unixlab". Which Unixlab? We >> don't know. Now they say they are a non-profit Foundation that founded >> the project. >> https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kZLBFcdLyrYJ:https://navylinux.org/about/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us >> <https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kZLBFcdLyrYJ:https://navylinux.org/about/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us> >> >> > > +1 > > The Division of Corporations in DELAWARE shows: > Formation Date: 6/14/2021 (mm/dd/yyyy) > > Anyway, in the context of ongoing attacks to the supply chain. > This situation where CentOS is running EOL will motivate new > black hats to step into the place. Imagine a massive deployed > OS that is trojanized?! > > So trust is here king and despite all adversity (that also hits me > hard) we should thinks twice before running away into foreign arms. >+1 And I feel safe running (and planning to run for long future to come) quite reputable ones with long history of such: FreeBSD (servers), Debian (number crunchers, workstations). Valeri> -- > Leon > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
On 7/7/2021 8:17 ?.?., Valeri Galtsev wrote:> And I feel safe running (and planning to run for long future to come) > quite reputable ones with long history of such: FreeBSD (servers), > Debian (number crunchers, workstations).I feel totally safe and confident with the fully community-driven effort of Rocky Linux, lead by the former founder of the original CentOS project. (I am not affiliated with them in any way.) As has already been mentioned, Rocky Linux has managed to gain quickly support from major players in the industry (including Google and Microsoft), and is committed to never drop its independent/community status. It is well structured and organized, and embraces a good number of open-source volunteer specialists. We want to keep up with RHEL ecosystem and Rocky Linux is - for us - the best option. If some people want to leave the RHEL ecosystem for Debian or FreeBSD, that's OK. But for those who want to stay in the RHEL world, Rocky Linux stands as a rock-solid solution. This opinion does not reject other CentOS clones, but emphasizes the fact that Rocky Linux appears to be a solid option for now and the years to come. Cheers, Nick