04-03-2021, 05:20 PM
(12-19-2020, 11:58 AM)fChk Wrote: So, the community by making use of the published source code, thanks to the GPL licence, can still re-create another stable down-stream RHEL subset (similar to CentOS Linux.) And in fact there is already a project taking this road but still in gestation.
https://rockylinux.org/
https://github.com/rocky-linux/rocky
The problem here -as always- is that without sound financing the project will hit the wall, just like CentOS in 2014 which needed RedHat intervention/acquisition...
While Rocky Linux is still in gestation, CloudLinux has announced the creation of its own new RHEL clone, ie a CentOS replacement, currently named AlmaLinux:
Announcing Open-sourced & Community-Driven RHEL Fork by CloudLinux.
The AlmaLinux GitHub page has already been published and the source code(+binaries +ISOs) have been published in the main download repository. Must be noted that this first release of AlmaLinux is a one-to-one binary compatible fork of RHEL 8.3.
For the FAQ page, check AlmaLinux Wiki.