It will be interesting to see how Red Hat defines itself in the future since being snagged up by IBM.  /Roy

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Try Springdale Linux (formerly PUIAS), it was started long before CentOS.
PU-IAS = Princeton University - Institute for Advanced Study https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__springdale.math.ias.edu_&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=wP65fR-SDNTSPXnXaiYwSUdkmZtorgLfyxLkJX73d1U&s=GCfR5v9kjH_NGH0--yMHNpy_l708MANUmXBGhyDJIBw&e=

On 27/04/2019 14:15, Maarten wrote:
> Hello fellow SL users,
> 
> I having been using SL for a while now, after the CentOS project 
> became part of Redhat I was glad that I was using SL because I would 
> think that CentOS would become a middle testing ground for Redhat to 
> test new things, getting the idea SL would stay closer to the source 
> since it just being another clone. Now that it has been announced that 
> there will be no SL8, what's the best clone to switch to after EOL of 
> SL6 and SL7.
> Even  though
> Redhat says that  CentOS will never be used as a testing ground or 
> switch how they are doing things, I do not believe what they say now 
> will be the same in the future.