Re: [tlug] Upgrading from CentOS 7

[Scott Robbins <srobb@example.com>]

On Sun, Mar 09, 2025 at 09:58:34PM +0900, Brian Clemens wrote:
> 
> > On Mar 9, 2025, at 20:11, Scott Robbins <srobb@example.com> wrote:
> > As far as I've seen, so far, there's little to choose between them, they're
> > both well supported. I *vaguely* remember that Alma is now going to be API
> > compatible with RH, vs bit for bit, while I *think* Rocky is still trying
> > for bit to bit.
> 
> Correct, Rocky Linux has maintained the 1:1 “bug for bug” compatibility. This is part of the reason why Rocky Linux generally receives official support where Alma doesn’t (for example NVIDIA https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html, Intel https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/system-requirements/oneapi-hpc-toolkit/2025.html). This support factors into why Rocky Linux receives much wider usage in general (https://rocky-stats.tiuxo.com/auto.html). I’m obviously biased here, but these are objective observations.
> 
> Less objectively, the Alma project has some “bad smells”, like deanonymizing users for marketing (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LtMQa5u9o1yAb0qllBrCIRyfFK1fvPRDMh3I179D_8Q/edit, “New list of potential AlmaLinux users. Out of curiosity we pulled RDNS info for the IPs who are updating on using our mirrors”). Deanonymizing users would be grounds for expulsion from the Rocky Linux project. Catch me at a nomikai for more ;-)
> 
> > Also as RHEL10 is only using Wayland, the only available desktop at
> > present, (though it is Beta at the moment) is Gnome. However, one can
> > install labwc (a Wayland variant, very like openbox) and the alcritty
> > terminal, using the install instructions from their respective github
> > sites.
> 
> KDE, Sway, etc are already available in EPEL10.

I didn't know that Sway was in there yet. I have a bugzilla request for
labwc, which led to more bugzilla requests for wayland-roots, and, I think,
one or two others.

I'm also hoping for Waybar, a reasonable replacement for tint2. The problem
so far, seems to be that it requires gmmt3 and RH has gmmt4, and I know too
little about coding to fix that. There is a bugzilla request for it too.
(Not mine in this case).

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