If you're still running CentOS 6, you know for a fact that you need to get to another operating system pronto. The folks CloudLinux/AlmaLinux know this, and have made changes to their open-source lift-and-shift tool, ELevate, so that you can now easily move from CentOS 6 to land on the latest version of just about any RHEL look-alike that you want.
Posts published in “Operating Systems”
Wowie Zowie! Desktop Linux Use Worldwide Goes Above 4% Says Statcounter
An article in which we ponder desktop Linux's rising usage numbers, and debate ChromeOS's status as a Linux operating system.
Laptop Power Management Issues Still Bug Linux
Sometimes Linux drains battery life for no good reason, which shouldn't be confused with "The Linux way."
FOSS Week In Review: ‘Maddog’ on Red Hat, Cooking With Mint, Linux’s Big Mac Attack & more…
In this week's news roundup, our Christine Hall tells you what she thinks has gone wrong at Red Hat, and again tries to wrestle Elon Musk to the floor. In between, she covers some more of this week's FOSS news.
Fedora Partners With Asahi to Port Linux to Apple’s Arm Silicon
With Red Hat helping Asahi Linux develop software for porting Linux to run on Apple's Arm silicon, how long before Red Hat Enterprise Linux supports Apple hardware?
The Paradox of Being (or Not Being) a Linux Operating System
It's a debate that's been going on since Android came onto the scene: Does simple use of the Linux kernel qualify an operating system to be a bona fide Linux operating system?
AlmaLinux Announces Its Solution to RHEL Source Code Conundrum
Distros, News and Operating Systems
On Thursday, the AlmaLinux Foundation made public its plans to continue to develop and maintain its RHEL clone without access to Red Hat's source code.
Wowie Zowie! Linux Use Hits 3%! The Year of the Linux Desktop Is at Hand!
Warning! The percent symbol (%) is used a lot in this article, which is known to cause headaches in some readers.
Snap-Based Immutable Ubuntu Coming as Flathub Downloads Pass the Billion Mark
As Canonical readies a new Snap-driven version of Ubuntu desktop, Flatpak downloads keep growing and growing and growing...
Ubuntu 23.04 ‘Lunar Lobster’ Desktop Released: Focuses on Enterprises and Everyday Linux Users
Ubuntu 23.04 not only brings many new features to the table for enterprise users, it has plenty of features to please its home-user base as well.
With First Keynote Announcements, SCALE 2023 Looks Like a ‘Must Attend’ Event
On Sunday, Scale made its first keynote reveal for 2023 with Arun Gupta, former CNCF chairperson, governing board member at OpenSSF, and VP and GM for Open Ecosystem at Intel. On Tuesday, Scale made its second keynote announcement: Ken Thompson, the creator of Unix and Go, will be a speaker.