You may not be aware of what's happened: IBM buys RHEL and immediately messes with its products and culture. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/09/ibm-closes-its-34

You may not be aware of what's happened: IBM buys RHEL and immediately messes with its products and culture. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/09/ibm-closes-its-34-billion-acquisition-of-red-hat.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/09/ibm-closes-its-34-billion-ac... https://itsfoss.com/centos-stream-fiasco/ https://itsfoss.com/centos-stream-fiasco/ CentOS is no longer basically functionally-equivalent to RHEL. https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/09/centos_red_hat/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/09/centos_red_hat/ IBM (through Red Hat) runs the Fedora project's board of directors, so there is no real independence from IBM.