It will be interesting to see how Red Hat defines itself in the future since being snagged up by IBM. /Roy -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of John Holmes Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2019 10:09 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: question regarding the future 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.