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Topic: CentOS project is at the end. And now??

A lot of us installed iRedMail on CentOS. 

Now it seems that CentOS 7 will be supported until 2024, as scheduled.
CentOS 8, instead, will be ended at the end of 2021?

here the official blog:  https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future- … os-stream/

and now?  what to do?
sigh.. sobh.. sgrunt..

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Re: CentOS project is at the end. And now??

This is hot news since the blog post was published, and i spent a lot time to try to figure out what it means to iRedMail, iRedMail users, and other CentOS users.

- According to CentOS website[1], Stream is "a midstream between Fedora Linux and RHEL".
- Also read FAQ on CentOS website[2],
- Also read FAQ on RedHat website[3], especially answer of question "Why was CentOS Stream created?".

MY PERSONAL OPINIONS:

- I welcome Stream.
- CentOS Stream will be (slightly?) less stable than CentOS Linux, but a lot stabler than Fedora.
- CentOS Stream should be still stable enough for a production server.
- CentOS 7 / 8 users who are familiar with RPM/YUM/DNF and don't want to switch to other linux/bsd distributions, should migrate to Stream 8 in the future, and it seems very easy according to FAQ[4], then switch and stick to Stream 9 AFTER it's considered as stable (e.g. after Stream 9.1 or 9.2 is announced).
- We plan to support Stream 9 when it's first stable release is announced.

NOTES:

- Since Stream is not(?) widely used, i may change my opinions after we got more experience. So don't be so serious right now.
- The original founder of CentOS project is trying to build a new distro as downstream of RHEL, maybe this is what you guys are looking for. We sure will keep eyes on it. https://rockylinux.org

[1] https://www.centos.org/centos-stream/
[2] https://centos.org/distro-faq/
[3] https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/faq-cent … am-updates
[4] https://centos.org/distro-faq/#q7-how-d … tos-stream