CentOS 7 will reach its end-of-life on June 30, 2024. After this date, no more updates or security patches will be provided. This change has created uncertainty for users who relied on CentOS as a free, stable alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
Red Hat has shifted CentOS to CentOS Stream, which previews future RHEL updates rather than mirroring the stable RHEL releases. This move complicates maintaining exact compatibility with RHEL and has led to the rise of alternatives like Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux. However, these alternatives face challenges due to limited access to RHEL's source code.
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