Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by alex_sf 1129 days ago
Rocky and CentOS are both based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

CentOS used to be a free and open source downstream version of RHEL. Keeping the history short: Red Hat effectively acquired CentOS and discontinued it as a downstream version of RHEL. They turned it into 'CentOS Stream', which is, more or less, a continuously delivered upstream version of RHEL. This isn't acceptable for a large number of the CentOS user base.

One of the original founders of CentOS, Gregory Kurtzer, started Rocky as an alternative. It's basically what CentOS used to be: a free and open source downstream version of RHEL.
1 comments
sgtnoodle 1129 days ago
Huh, that's interesting. Isn't Fedora the upstream version of Red Hat already? Or is the main distinction that CentOS Stream is rolling release?

I'm pretty much on the complete opposite end of the Linux ecosystem, working primarily on embedded systems.

link
somerandomqaguy 1129 days ago
Fedora's more playground / cutting edge technology demonstrator for Redhat developers. Anything showing up in Fedora won't be included in RHEL for several years, assuming everything goes well.

CENTOS Stream slots in between Fedora and RHEL, keeping a bit ahead of the RHEL stable release.

link