CentOS

The biggest panel we have ever had on the Fedora Podcast sorts out what CentOS actually is now, and where it sits between Fedora and RHEL.

I wrote this for TuxCare comparing AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux as CentOS successors, their governance models, and how TES supports both under one contract.

I wrote this for TuxCare on how the end of CentOS Linux pushed enterprise Linux toward collaboration, transparency, and community-led stability.

A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 42, where we dug into EPEL — how it works, why sysadmins trust it, and what’s new in EPEL 10. Watch or listen right here.

A tech tip on the Convert2RHEL pre-conversion analysis, run through Red Hat Insights to catch blockers before you convert CentOS Linux 7 to RHEL.

Mike McGrath and Gunnar Hellekson join us to explain how RHEL is developed, the upstream-first ethos, and why you can’t have RHEL without Fedora and CentOS Stream.

A guided look at the CentOS Linux 7 end-of-life decision, then an in-place conversion to RHEL 7 with Convert2RHEL and extended life cycle support.

A former CentOS admin’s honest comparison of daily life on CentOS versus RHEL, covering subscriptions, support, Image Builder, Insights, Satellite, and Ansible.

A tech tip on converting CentOS Linux 7 to RHEL 7 with Convert2RHEL, including the discounted third-party migration subscription and ELS support.

I wrote this for the Red Hat blog: CentOS Linux 7 goes EOL on June 30, 2024, and here is why converting to RHEL is the most direct path off it.

I wrote this for the Red Hat blog: the fastest supported way off CentOS Linux 7 before its June 2024 end of life, without a rip-and-replace.

A demonstration of Leapp upgrading a RHEL 8.6 home-lab VM in place to RHEL 9.