<div dir="ltr">I expect a large portion of the current (non-paying!) CentOS community will feel hijacked.<div><br></div><div>This is going rapidly off-topic, so skip this one if you desire!</div><div><div><br></div><div>I've installed both the RHEL 7 beta and RC1. I've liked what I've seen so far, I just hope the churn in the program availability on the desktop is kept up with to the point that I can use current multi-media tools. I'm not hopeful. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Here's my current use of Linux: I admin two RHEL servers for work. I run Fedora 20 in a laptop VM and at home on the desktop, as well as a CentOS 6 server. I attempted to run a couple of CentOS 6 desktops at home, but failed miserably with multimedia and video-editing tools. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Since my recent bad experiences with Fedora 20, and hearing that Fedora is for working on, not to actually work, I'm reconsidering what to run on the desktop. </div><div><br></div><div>I almost installed Ubuntu the other day, because of their reputation to be more stable than Fedora and more up-to-date than RHEL. I'd rather not, but I may have to go there. Guess what I would then be recommending for the next OS refresh at work?</div>
<div><br></div><div>I've been using Redhat since 5.2 (that's 1998). It's a bit depressing.</div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Shawn Wells <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shawn@redhat.com" target="_blank">shawn@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>On 5/22/14, 6:14 PM, Andrew Gilmore
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<blockquote type="cite">I don't get it. Reading this line from the FAQ
<div>"<span>No,
CentOS releases will follow shortly after the release of Red
Hat Enterprise Linux source.</span><span> "</span></div>
<div><span>leads
me to believe that CentOS will be largely usable as it has
been, as a free, completely compatible version of RHEL. Yes,
with challenges in errata availability, but that's the use
case.</span><br>
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<div>Suggesting that CentOS is going to be *upstream* of RHEL
suggests several other valuable, but completely different, uses.
I'm not sure this is a great move, as I see bigger challenges
coming from the free and polished desktop side (*cough* Ubuntu).</div>
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</div><a href="https://community.redhat.com/centos-faq/#_centos_and_variants" target="_blank">https://community.redhat.com/centos-faq/#_centos_and_variants</a><br>
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The underlying perception is that historically RHEL6 == CentOS6. In
the future, as CentOS develops into it's own community, the two will
diverge measurably (which is a good thing for the community, IMO!).
This allows Fedora to track closer to upstream, CentOS to serve
special development platform needs, RHEL to serve enterprise. We may
encounter a situation akin to Fedora 30, CentOS 10, RHEL 7... all on
different release cycles, all with different spins and purposes.<div class=""><br>
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<div>RHEL 7 should be very interesting.</div>
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Download & play with the release candidate!<br>
<a href="https://access.redhat.com/site/products/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/Get-Beta" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/site/products/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/Get-Beta</a><br>
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I'd wager you're getting at the evolution of the community, though.
And you're right. It'll be interesting.
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