This may be a little early to be discussing, but I'm just seeking out information anyway.
With CentOS 7 going end of life in June 2024, I'm trying to get a very early roadmap of how to retire our CentOS 7 servers. And with CentOS changing their release cycle sytle, it's kind of put everything in flux in terms of what Linux OS to use. I'm interested in seeing what everyone else plans to do.
I should mention - we have a mixture of DirectAdmin and the evil control panel that does not warrant mentioning. The plan would probably be to bring in more DirectAdmin servers and replace a few of the other control panel servers, but we'll probably still keep a mixture of both.
I've never been a huge fan of the multiple OS support, although this may have turned out to better benefit DirectAdmin when CentOS made the CentOS 8 announcement. It also would seem to split development time because if a control panel supports 5 different OSes, then to release a new "feature" for that control panel it has to be tested and worked out on 5 OSes. I get the impression, at least before the CentOS 8 announcement, the majority of DirectAdmin servers were CentOS. This means that if you run into an issue with Debian DirectAdmin, you may find it more difficult to get assistance since the pool of other users using Debian is smaller.
When the CentOS 8 announcement was made, I kind of had some hopes that maybe this would lead to a Debian or Ubuntu or Debian based server distribution becoming more common. Ubuntu being able to do in-place major OS updates would seem to be a winning point for it (Does Debian do this as well? The Debian and Ubuntu disconnect has always puzzled me. I run Ubuntu at home because of the large Ubuntu user base and easier to find solutions if there's a problem, but I alwys viewed Ubuntu as a more refined Debian release, but I guess they actually split away from each other some time back).
I see AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux being mentioned a lot. But these are just regurgitations of CentOS/RHEL. CentOS/RHEL do not allow for in place major updates (i.e. CentOS 7 to CentOS 8) and depend a lot on backported security fixes - so instead of using an up-to-date version of cURL, you have to check the RPM's changelog to see if it's patched against known vulnerabilities. But if that's the direction the industry goes, then I can follow that.
I guess I'm just surprised that I didn't see more movement towards Debian or Ubuntu or that Debian/Ubuntu didn't make a bigger push following the CentOS 8 announcement to get their name out there in the server industry. Or maybe people are like me and just waiting to see what direction the industry takes.
Just wondering what other CentOS 7 users are planning to do with their servers before June 2024 and which direction they are planning to go. It may be a little early, some totally new Linux distribution may be released next summer that changes the landscape completely. But I'm just trying to get a feel for what the industry's current views are.
With CentOS 7 going end of life in June 2024, I'm trying to get a very early roadmap of how to retire our CentOS 7 servers. And with CentOS changing their release cycle sytle, it's kind of put everything in flux in terms of what Linux OS to use. I'm interested in seeing what everyone else plans to do.
I should mention - we have a mixture of DirectAdmin and the evil control panel that does not warrant mentioning. The plan would probably be to bring in more DirectAdmin servers and replace a few of the other control panel servers, but we'll probably still keep a mixture of both.
I've never been a huge fan of the multiple OS support, although this may have turned out to better benefit DirectAdmin when CentOS made the CentOS 8 announcement. It also would seem to split development time because if a control panel supports 5 different OSes, then to release a new "feature" for that control panel it has to be tested and worked out on 5 OSes. I get the impression, at least before the CentOS 8 announcement, the majority of DirectAdmin servers were CentOS. This means that if you run into an issue with Debian DirectAdmin, you may find it more difficult to get assistance since the pool of other users using Debian is smaller.
When the CentOS 8 announcement was made, I kind of had some hopes that maybe this would lead to a Debian or Ubuntu or Debian based server distribution becoming more common. Ubuntu being able to do in-place major OS updates would seem to be a winning point for it (Does Debian do this as well? The Debian and Ubuntu disconnect has always puzzled me. I run Ubuntu at home because of the large Ubuntu user base and easier to find solutions if there's a problem, but I alwys viewed Ubuntu as a more refined Debian release, but I guess they actually split away from each other some time back).
I see AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux being mentioned a lot. But these are just regurgitations of CentOS/RHEL. CentOS/RHEL do not allow for in place major updates (i.e. CentOS 7 to CentOS 8) and depend a lot on backported security fixes - so instead of using an up-to-date version of cURL, you have to check the RPM's changelog to see if it's patched against known vulnerabilities. But if that's the direction the industry goes, then I can follow that.
I guess I'm just surprised that I didn't see more movement towards Debian or Ubuntu or that Debian/Ubuntu didn't make a bigger push following the CentOS 8 announcement to get their name out there in the server industry. Or maybe people are like me and just waiting to see what direction the industry takes.
Just wondering what other CentOS 7 users are planning to do with their servers before June 2024 and which direction they are planning to go. It may be a little early, some totally new Linux distribution may be released next summer that changes the landscape completely. But I'm just trying to get a feel for what the industry's current views are.
