Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Hi Abdalla,

during Icalepcs 2021 there was a workshop about Linux Distribution and Ecosystem Evolution in Control Systems and an interesting study about CentOS 8 EoL presented by Ben Morrice.

I'll share the workshop link so you can find the presentation: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1084050/

Hope this helps

Maurizio

Il 2021-12-05 09:32 Abdalla Ahmad via Tech-talk ha scritto:

Hello

 

Well this is not directly about EPICS but it does affect control and IT infrastructure in general. As you know, CentOS 8 will reach end-of-life by the end of 2021 and CentOS 7 in 2024 following the decision that CentOS will become a rolling-release instead of a stable, RHEL downstream release. We are now investigating the possible alternatives on what to have instead of CentOS, whether purchasing a RedHat license (very much expensive), going with a RHEL-compatible CentOS alternative (Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, Alma Linux) or continuing with CentOS stream and work on periodic update policy.

 

I know that Rocky Linux released its first stable release on June, but the project is still new and it is still unclear how much further it will become a CentOS replacement. I would like to have feedback from the community what they are using now and if they are using RedHat or CentOS, what are their plans for the future.

 

Best Regards,

Abdalla.