@sullybiker I think part of the appeal of #RHEL & #CentOS is stability, but then you find yourself having to add extra repositories because the included software is too old (even though security patches are backported).
If CentOS Stream eliminates the need for those extra (and often sketchy 3rd party) repos, then it is good. Likewise, if #Alma and #Rocky send patches upstream that help improve RHEL, then that is also good.
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@geniusmusing You're right. Reading the blog post, it sounds like #CentOS Stream isn't a buggy beta distro after all, but instead, it moves CentOS to be slightly ahead of #RHEL (because of the continuous delivery part).
I don't imagine that CStream is going to have modern versions of included software very much ahead of RHEL's major version bumps. (I go back to that often, because I've always need a 3rd party software repo, due to the advanced age of the versions included in RHEL & CentOS repos. The software is often so old that the upstream project no longer supports it.)
Someone is trying to petition #IBM / #Red_Hat to give #CentOS back to community control instead of making it the upstream of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ( #RHEL ).
That will affect some organizations that are using #CentOS as "no-fee #Red_Hat", but the truth is, many orgs have to seek out 3rd party repos because the software included in RH and CentOS is so old. If CentOS Stream is still stable, it might lead to an increase in users.
I'll see about installing it on one of my servers at home soon.
@dawsports @musicman The thing that I've noted is that the software in #RHEL / #CentOS is so old that people rely on sketchy third-party repos. When fresh.federati.net was around, I had to do that to get a #PHP version new enough to run GS.
So if CentOS stream is newer, but not bleeding edge, and if it gave some warning of upcoming major changes, it might indeed be a better choice. Not for corporate apps,of course, but for hosting externally-developed projects, yes.