Almalinux or rocky linux as successors to centos 8 and will Domain authority(DA) support almalinux ?

[Brain012]

In general users are thinking about it but considering most have at least a year to do something the consensus is there is no rush.
I was a Centos user and have switched some of my server to debian and freebsd. I like switching and rebuilding so it all fun for me.
But, I have a question related to the topic that how many of the centIos users here are already thinking about switching to Almalinux in 2023. Or maybe to rocky linux as an alternative for a stable centos successor .
Is directadmin going to support almalinux as OS?
Please reply.
Waiting:
Thanks:

 

[Active8]

Most hosters around me have migrated to Almalinux, mainly because its backed up by Cloudlinux I think
Personally we have used Almalinux from the beginning and never regretted.
DA is fully supporting it so that should not be an problem

 

[gate2vn]

Almalinux for me. There is also an advantage that they have ELevate project for converting CentOS 7 to Almalinux 8. It's stable and working well with DA.

 

[mhsolutions]

I used Almalinux since 2022, it work fine. no problem

 

[youstable]

We switched to AlmaOS for most of the servers now and are pretty satisfied with the performance and the security features we are getting with it.

 

[BillyS]

Has anyone switched from Rocky to Alma? If so, what was that experience if the OP decides they want to switch for some reason.

 

[anniesteu]

AlmaLinux uses DNF (dandified yum) as its default built-in package manager, while Rocky Linux uses RPM which better aligns it with other RHEL distributions. AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux are RHEL-rebuilds which means their performance is similar.
Drift Boss

 

[floyd]

AlmaLinux uses DNF (dandified yum) as its default built-in package manager, while Rocky Linux uses RPM which better aligns it with other RHEL distributions. AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux are RHEL-rebuilds which means their performance is similar.
Drift Boss

Actually both can use dnf or yum. Using one doesn't exclude the other.

 

[Richard G]

while Rocky Linux uses RPM

All RHEL related systems use RPM.
What you are referring to is the package manager command to use the RPM's, either DNF or Yum as @floyd says.

 

[Ohm J]

@anniesteu
About yum/dnf,

Rhel7 use yum.
Rhel8 use dnf, but still support yum commamd.
Rhel9 use only dnf, deprecated yum command.

 

[Richard G]

Rhel9 use only dnf, deprecated yum command.

Yes, but you can still use yum with RHEL 9, works just as good as dnf.

 

[floyd]

@anniesteu
About yum/dnf,

Rhel7 use yum.
Rhel8 use dnf, but still support yum commamd.
Rhel9 use only dnf, deprecated yum command.

I'm still using yum with Alma Linux 9 and Rocky Linux 9. I have not used dnf at all on either.

 

[Richard G]

Me neither, but @jamgames2 is right.
As you can see yum does not exist anymore since RHEL 8. As of that time it's (just like with RHEL 9 and deratives) a symlink to dnf.
Maybe that remains or maybe the symlink will be removed in RHEL 10, not sure.

 

[floyd]

Me neither, but @jamgames2 is right.
As you can see yum does not exist anymore since RHEL 8. As of that time it's (just like with RHEL 9 and deratives) a symlink to dnf.
Maybe that remains or maybe the symlink will be removed in RHEL 10, not sure.

Well that pisses me off a little. Usually we get a notice about something being deprecated instead of just fooling us into thinking we are using one thing when we are really using another. Its even reporting that yum is installed. I would like to choke the developer who made this decision.

[root@server10 ~]# rpm -qa | grep yum
yum-4.14.0-8.el9.noarch

[root@server10 ~]# rpm -ql yum
/etc/dnf/protected.d/yum.conf
/etc/yum.conf
/etc/yum/pluginconf.d
/etc/yum/protected.d
/etc/yum/vars
/usr/bin/yum
/usr/share/man/man1/yum-aliases.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/yum.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/yum-shell.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/yum.8.gz

 

[Richard G]

Its even reporting that yum is installed.

Yes that's a bad thing. However, yum is in fact installed, configuration wise, because there is no dnf.conf.
But checking the /usr/bin/yum binary shows you that it's really a symlink.

Usually we get a notice about something being deprecated

I think RHEL might have done that already in 2016.

Why Red Hat's new 'dnf' package manager is not "just another 'yum'" | Red Hat Developer

Around this time last year, Fedora 22 brought a major update for anyone working under the Fedora hood -- Yum was deprecated and replaced by DNF. It brings some

developers.redhat.com

And I found this somewhere else:

Now, with the release of RHEL 9, what is the status of “yum”? Does it still work, or has it been entirely deprecated?

The good news is that “yum” is still available in RHEL 9. Red Hat has not removed it entirely, recognizing that many users are familiar with “yum” and may have scripts and workflows built around it. However, it is important to note that “yum” is considered a deprecated package manager in RHEL 9. This means that while it’s still functional for basic package management tasks, Red Hat strongly recommends using “dnf” for all package-related operations.

I just hate these kind of changes just as I hate the deprecation of the network-scripts stuff. I don't like the network manager.
But I guess we're getting a bit offtopic now.