I will not move to Debian.



RHEL clones have 10 years of lifecycle, AlmaLinux just dropped it’s beta today. So there’s no reason to move to Debian or Ubuntu.



> On 3 Feb 2021, at 21:52, Keith Lofstrom <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 

> Having been burned by IBM before, and with no guarantee

> that "Long-term Redhat for individuals" will survive IBM's

> legal department into the far future --- I'm thinking about

> abandoning 25 years of Redhat experience and switching to

> Debian, while my aging brain can still handle change.

> 

> Debian - yikes!

> 

> Thinking about - not decided, though I halted work on a

> server upgrade to CentOS 8 while I wait for the dust to

> settle.  Rocky in April is another option, but if IBM

> goes after them, they will be a wet spot on the floor.

> 

> So - who else is contemplating a move to Debian?  

> 

> I very much hope to stay connected to the "scientific"

> aspect of our community.  Making big changes together

> with other science computationalists would be easier.

> 

> Easier still would be staying with an RPM distro, IF it

> remained useful and legal and affordable for our kind of

> computing.  An e-commerce and corporate infrastructure

> focused distro, not so much.

> 

> Keith

> 

> P.S. I remember the Red Hat booth at OSCON 2014, after the

> Borging of CentOS, where I was assured that they would

> support CentOS into the distant future.  That "assurance"

> survived the IBM acquisition by 18 months.  What changes

> will 5 more years of IBM (and their formidable lega

> department, called the Nazgul by other technology lawyers)

> result in?

> 

> 

> -- 

> Keith Lofstrom          [log in to unmask]