Enterprise Linux News June 2024
We are almost halfway through 2024 (wow, time flies!), and there’s lots to share from the enterprise Linux world.
Just days away — CentOS 7 EOL on June 30, 2024
First and foremost, we’re coming up on one of the most historic lines in the sand in Linux history: the CentOS 7 end of life is almost here. There are very few “tomorrows” left until June 30 when support for CentOS 7 officially ends. If you don’t yet have a migration plan, we strongly encourage you to:
- Extend your CentOS 7 support with CIQ Bridge
- Choose a modern, affordable Linux distribution like Rocky Linux with enterprise support
Or, if you’re feeling undecided, overwhelmed, or are just plain in denial, reach out to us and we can help get you on the path to sustainable infrastructure, compliance, and a few more years of not worrying about it.
Rocky Linux 8.10 is the final minor release for Rocky 8
Congratulations and kudos to the incredible Rocky Linux community, who on May 31 announced the release of Rocky Linux 8.10.
For anyone on Rocky 8, we’ve got a couple of important things for you to know:
- Rocky Linux 8.10 is the final minor release for Rocky Linux 8
- Rocky 8.10 will continue to receive support through May 29, 2029 (that’s five years from now)
- If you need to eke out a little more time than that, check out CIQ Long Term Support (LTS) to take you all the way through the end of 2029
We’re so proud to be a part of the Rocky community. Check out their announcement and get the word out on Twitter (or “X,” if that’s how you roll).
Must-read new white paper about enterprise vendor kernels
CIQ engineers Jeremy Allison, Ronnie Sahlberg, and Jonathan Maple have put together an eye-opening new white paper that’s received a write-up in ZDNet and plenty of attention in the press.
In summary, they assessed the back-porting of CVEs and other fixes in the RHEL 8.8 kernel, only to find that the rate and number of back-port commits and merges significantly reduced over the kernel’s lifespan. Here are the numbers of known bug counts with available upstream fixes for three different RHEL releases:
- RHEL 8.6: 5034
- RHEL 8.7: 4767
- RHEL 8.8: 4594
There’s a lot to learn and digest in the white paper, so we recommend reading the whole thing for yourself. And if you have any questions about the results, methodology, or if you want to hear more about it, please join us for our webinar with the team.
