"So, with #CentOS #Linux shifting direction from a downstream project to an upstream platform, what are your options?
You can opt for #openSUSE, #Debian, #Ubuntu or maybe another #RHEL fork by the original CentOS creator?
Yes, that is what #Rocky Linux is all about!"
And - BANG - it forked. Oh how I love #FLOSS...
@jack That last part is SO on point.
"Hopefully, Rocky Linux won’t end up being acquired by another big organization and fall for 'Embrace, Extend, Extinguish' trap."
I hope history doesn't repeat itself.
@claudiom as sad it maybe it will repeat it self pretty sure Microsoft has a similar EEE missile up its sleeve just waiting...
I just can't trust a single corporate anymore
@HackerBean @claudiom It will undoubtedly repeat itself - that just seems the way things are going theses days. But quite probably it will respawn again, only to repeat all over again... and again.
I find it interesting that the #Microsoft-hosted #Github was chosen as a place to start #rockylinux. #Azure runs mostly #Linux and #CentOS is probably no small part of that.
@jack I wish the term "fork" was not confused by Github. Most people think of a fork as a clone, but Github forks are children of the parent repo and keep track of changes just like a branch. Parent repo goes away, so do all forks.
#Petition to not destroy #CentOS by using it as a #rhel upstream:
http://chng.it/Z9d7MZCRNK
#ibm #redhat #rhel8 #centos8 #rockylinux #scientificlinux #oraclelinux #floss #gnu