Hi,

  I wholeheartedly support such a move.  These long threads have no
basis in reality.  Frankly they have as much purpose as counting the
number of angels on the head of a pin.  Quite some time ago, as a
scientist I stopped at SL 6.9.  If need be I have all of my code
development tools, and am quite happy.

For my daily needs, I continue to use Windows.  Yes, I use Firefox as my
browser and Thunderbird for my mail.  A long time ago I installed the
GNU tools for Windows and that helps a great deal.  My editor is still
Vi, or VIM for the more modern versions.  Some of my colleagues use
Emacs and that also works very well under Windows.  A command line
window is my main interface for all of my work.  Am not willing to swing
at windmills and need to get on with life.

regards,
Andrew



On 10/25/2021 8:13 PM, Andrew Z wrote:
> Yeah, this linux is� a nonsense... just migrate to windows already. And
> the bright future is there for you.
> 
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 22:27 Patrick J. LoPresti <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> 
>     On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 5:45 PM Nico Kadel-Garcia <[log in to unmask]
>     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>     >
>     > It's getting harder.
> 
>     Singularity containers for CentOS 8 (and latest Ubuntu etc.) work
>     fine on SL7, for now. Of course this is not a long-term solution,
>     since "kernel too old" will surely crop up eventually.
> 
>     This is an awful decision by CERN/Fermilab. Red Hat has a financial
>     incentive to keep CentOS Stream unsuitable for production use. And
>     even if they are not passively (or actively) crippling it, what
>     third-party software is going to offer support for "CentOS Stream"?
>     The whole thing is almost laughable.
> 
>     The right decision is to restart Scientific Linux. Obviously that is
>     not going to happen, which leaves organizations like mine in a bind.
>     I am not sure what we will do, but CentOS Stream is definitely not it.
> 
>     �- Pat
>