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Whats so special about Centos 7? Just migrate to Almalinux and elevate up to 9 [1]. The only big difference that comes to mind is openssl3. [1] https://wiki.al

• NewJazz 2y ago
  I think it's the last release you can cling to old ifcfg scripts or whatever they are called. But yeah. Just update your shit.
• LeFantome 2y ago
  The whole point is wanting to shift the support burden to the distro provider. They have to maintain a consistent environment while also upgrading the security and hardware compatibility. That gives you those advantages without having to update your application. I agree that people should be moving on from CentOS 7 by now and also agree that Alma is a great target. Alma is shooting for binary compatibility with RHEL without just blindly recompiling the RHEL sources. They start with CentOS Stream just like RHEL does.
• creshal 2y ago
  A lot of businesses are stuck with old systems they can't "just" update to a new OS version because everyone who knew why the system exists and what weird quirks it has, has long left the company. Alma 9 comes with ABI-incompatible upgrades to postgres/java/mysql/libc/literally every library you could possibly depend on, which is rough on in-house software that nobody wants to fund ongoing maintenance for. It just tends to hit RHEL/CentOS harder than other distros because they're considered "enterprise" and thus get used more by the sort of dysfunctional companies who manage themselves into dead ends.