What's all the fuss?
I don't really understand all this commotion.
Centos-stream 8 is just rh8.x/centos-8.x with slightly anticipated upgrades in between minor *point* *releases* of the very same OS version.
It will just receive the single updates when they're ready and stable, instead of having to wait for the next all-encompassing point release.
Nothing transcendental and nothing across major releases.
I maintain this will make centos better and more useful. Certainly not worse.
Plus, there are already free options to use RH straight away: the free developer license* and the freely redistributable Universal Base Images**.
Moreover, right within the announcement RH also stated that they're working on further options, both free and paid.
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1* https://developers.redhat.com/articles/faqs-no-cost-red-hat-enterprise-linux
2* https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel/ubi
Biting the hand that feeds IT
