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First of many new programs, says biz, but it is no substitute for free CentOS
Tim Anderson Wed 20 Jan 2021 // 20:04 UTC Share
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Red Hat, which is killing CentOS Linux in favour of CentOS Stream, will extend its developer subscription to allow free production use of RHEL for up to 16 systems.
CentOS Linux is a community build of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and therefore suitable for production use. CentOS Stream, which will remain available, is a preview build of what is likely to be in RHEL – great for testing but not ideal for production use.
The popularity of CentOS, which drives 17.7 per cent of Linux-based web sites, according to W3Techs, has led to a strong public response to Red Hat s decision, including the forming of alternative free builds such as Rocky Linux and Project Lenix, which is now known as Alma Linux.
An open source, drop-in replacement for CentOS is on its way.
Whether you use CentOS for your servers or your desktop, the embroiled Linux distribution has recently found itself in a state of tumulte. You re probably wondering where to go now?
If you re not in the know, Red Hat has decided to end CentOS as it stands, in favor of the rolling release, CentOS Stream. This decision has placed a large number of the Linux community in fit of pique, looking for a new distribution to handle what CentOS handled with agility, security, and reliability.
That s where CloudLinux comes in. On December 15, 2020, the company whose goal is to increase the security, stability, and availability of Linux servers announced it was sponsoring Project Lenix, which will create a 1:1 binary compatible fork of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (starting with v8 and moving forward).
CloudLinux to invest more than a million dollars a year into CentOS clone
With Red Hat changing CentOS Linux into a rolling release, CloudLinux is the second group to announce it s making a bigger, better stable point CentOS: Lenix.
December 15, 2020 00:27 GMT (16:27 PST) | Topic: Enterprise Software
When Red Hat, CentOS s Linux parent company, announced it was shifting focus from CentOS Linux, the rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to CentOS Stream, which tracks just ahead of a current RHEL release, it lost a lot of friends. CentOS co-founder, Gregory Kurtzer, immediately announced he d create his own RHEL clone and CentOS replacement: Rocky Linux. He wasn t the only one. CloudLinux also proclaimed it would create a new CentOS clone Lenix. And, CloudLinux will be putting over a million dollars a year behind it.
Big Red: This is not some gimmick so that you buy support from us
Tim Anderson Tue 15 Dec 2020 // 17:17 UTC Share
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In the wake of Red Hat s decision to end support for CentOS Linux comes a raft of alternatives to fill the void, including Project Lenix - an offshoot of Cloud Linux - and Oracle s free Linux, which Big Red is heavily promoting.
CloudLinux is a distribution based on RHEL/CentOS aimed at hosting providers and enterprises. It is not free but is offered on subscription from $14.00 per month, with support from $3.95 per month. Now the company behind it has introduced Project Lenix as an open-sourced and community-driven RHEL Fork by the CloudLinux OS Creators .