This brings the advantage that every feature is tested in RHEL and AlmaLinux is as stable as RHEL is. At Mathey were able to release a production ready distribution as replacement for CentOS.ĪlmaLinux is using the source of RHEL and will therefor run behind RHEL itself. After the announcement that CentOS 8 will be End-of-life the company CloudLinux took action and started creating an alternative for CentOS. The disadvantage is that it's not that well tested as for RHEL.ĪlmaLinux is a 1:1 copy of RHEL. The advantage is you don't have to wait anymore for new features coming to CentOS after the are added to RHEL.

This means before development is coming to RHEL it will come to CentOS stream. The main difference is that it isn't a 1:1 copy of RHEL anymore but is running just ahead of RHEL.

Do an in-place migration to CentOS StreamĬentOS stream is the 'new' CentOS.

This way it's also possible to install a server next to the current one and do a migration of your application/data. Migrating to another non-RPM based distribution is not possible.Īlso if you're not sure if an in-place migration to an RPM based distribution will work for you, you can reinstall it with another OS of your choice. This is the right choice if you want to get rid of the RPM (read Red Hat) based systems.

Reinstall your server (or install a new one and migrate everything) with an OS of your choice.

Installing additional stuff will also be problematic at one point. Bugs won't be fixed which, in worst case, can result in hackers taking over your machine and you lose your data or your data will be made publicly available.

At Decemyou will not get any updates anymore. As we see we you have the following options: If you have installed CentOS 8 you need to do something before this date. As you all know CentOS 8 is EOL at December 31st 2021.

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