How Long Should a Vendor Support a Distro?

Earlier this month it was announced that at the end of 2021, the community-supported, CentOS 8 "will no longer be maintained,"   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.   Issue #93 - January 6, 2021 Sponsor Try IBM Cloud for free Experiment and build with 40+ services on IBM Cloud for free, including Watson APIs, DevOps tools and more. Create your Lite account and take some of the most popular IBM Cloud offerings for a spin. No credit card required. No time limits. Get Started Ask Slashdot: How Long Should a Vendor Support a Distro? Earlier this month it was announced that at the end of 2021, the community-supported rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS 8, "will no longer be maintained," though CentOS 7 "will stick around in a supported maintenance state until 2024." This leads Slashdot reader couchslug to an interesting question. "Should competitors like Ubuntu and SUSE offer truly long-term-support versions to seize that (obviously large and thus important to widespread adoption) user base?" Read More on Slashdot.org and join the discussion by signing up for an account. Popular Projects: GDevelop GDevelop is a 2D open-source, cross-platform game development software. Rufus Utility to create bootable USB flash drives Hugin With Hugin you can assemble a mosaic of photographs into a complete immersive panorama winPenPack The portable software collection Rockstor BTRFS based NAS and private cloud storage solution An Introduction to Linux Gaming thanks to ProtonDB In recent years ProtonDB have made leaps and strides on making Linux and Unix systems more accessible for everyone. Now we come to a commonly asked question, can we play games on Linux? Well, of course! And almost, let me explain. Read More on LinuxJournal. Sponsor BNTouch Mortgage CRM is a fully integrated Digital Mortgage system, CRM, marketing, and POS tool offering a comprehensive mortgage business growth platform for mortgage professionals and loan officers. Sign Up for a Demo Today! Conferences and Events (Live and Virtual) iOS Conf SG January 18 - 22, 2020 The largest iOS developer conference in Southeast Asia. ProductCon February 18, 2021 ProductCon Online is the largest online product management conference in the world. You'll learn best practices behind the most successful products, and new trends in AI, VR, IoT and Blockchain. DevOps Talks Conference March 25 - 26, 2021 DevOps Talks Conference (DOTC) brings together DevOps leaders, engineers and architects who are implementing DevOps principles and practices in Start Ups and in Leading Enterprise companies. They run technical and cultural DevOps complex transformation for large and medium organizations. Serverless Architecture Conference March 25 - 26, 2021 Mastering Cloud Native Architectures, the Kubernetes Ecosystem and Functions. Join the Serverless Architecture Conference and gain key knowledge and skills for this new era of computing. Being a software engineer has never been better. Final Thoughts If you know someone who is not getting this mailing, encourage them to sign up. Thanks for being part of the SourceForge community! And, if you need to get in touch directly, feel free to send us an email at CommunityTeam@sourceforge.net.   Privacy Policy    Unsubscribe    Update Preferences   © 2021 Slashdot Media. All Rights Reserved.| 225 W Broadway Ste #1600 | San Diego, CA 92101