Jacked up fees, how Bezos is funding his space ride, the emergence of Rocky Linux, senior citizen hosting – this might just be our wackiest episode yet! We’ve also got a tutorial, and lots more industry news, plus plenty of cheap VPS and cheap dedicated server offers in this week’s LowEndBoxTV Weekend Update.
LowEndBox TV Weekend Update for July 31, 2021
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July 31, 2021 @ 3:06 pm, by raindog308Community News: Rocky Linux OS Now Available on RackNerd’s Platform!
Rocky Linux offered their first official release (8.4) on June 21st and now providers are adding it as an option to their hosting platforms. If you’re not familiar, Rocky Linux is CentOS Reborn. You can read up on our previous posts about CentOS developments that necessitated remaking it. Rocky Linux is led by Gregory Kurtzer, […]
Meme Monday: We’re IBM
alma, alma linux, centos, ibm, meme monday, rhel, rocky, rocky linux May 17, 2021 @ 12:00 am, by raindog308We covered the recent jarring changes with the CentOS Project. You might also enjoy Our article on rpm-land alternatives A poll we did on your CentOS plans (results) Our interview with Igor Seletskiy, whose company CloudLinux has released Alma Linux
LowEndBoxTV: CentOS…What Happened?!?
alma, alma linux, centos, centos stream, ibm, linux, red hat, rhel, rocky, rocky linux May 4, 2021 @ 12:00 pm, by raindog308CentOS, RIP…long live CentOS Stream?!? What hath IBM wrought? In this video, we break down the CentOS drama. As you can tell from the thumbnail…it isn’t pretty! You could answer the question in one word: IBM. But the roots of what happened pre-date IBM’s involvement. We also mention Alma Linux and Rocky Linux. Related LowEndBox […]
Poll Results: What are Your CentOS Plans?
alma linux, centos, distro, ibm, linux, red hat, rocky linux March 25, 2021 @ 12:00 am, by raindog308We recently asked you what your plans were regarding CentOS. As you may have read, CentOS is changing and we were curious how the community was going to react. The results are in! With 270 votes, here are the raw results: You’ll notice that almost 30% of respondents don’t use CentOS and don’t plan on […]
CentOS, RIP…Long Live CentOS Stream?!?
The CentOS project recently announced that CentOS is radically changing. Does this mean the end of the road for CentOS as we know it? RIP CentOS perhaps? Let’s talk about what’s new with this Linux distro. What is CentOS? CentOS – “Community Enterprise OS” – is a downstream version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). […]
