The May newsletter is available. Mascots, events, Alt Images, Storage, Virtualization.

https://blog.centos.org/2025/05/may-2025-news/

Myth busted! Carl George presented "CentOS Mythbusters" at LinuxFest Northwest last month.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqwf5LMLWI8

CentOS Mythbusters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqwf5LMLWI8

Say hello to our new #CentOS mascot, the quokka.

https://blog.centos.org/2025/05/release-the-quokka/

The State of #OpenSource in #2025? Honestly, it's a mess but you knew that already
Good news: everyone's using it. Bad news: have you seen how they're using it?
#RedHat seems to have alienated a lot of people by killing #CentOS – not merely from its own offerings but potentially from the greater family of distributions. Although #RHEL is still significant, survey did not show an obvious trend towards Alma, or Rocky, or CentOS Stream – let alone a direct move to RHEL.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/state_of_open_source/

#Perl DBD::mysql and the corresponding #RHEL package have always been #MariaDB compatible, i.e., you could install MariaDB and DBD::mysql RPMs together.
But the new DBD::mysql package in #CentOS stream can no longer be installed with MariaDB.
I filed a bug (https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-88746) and #RedHat said it's not supposed to work. Except it always has.
What do you think?
(Note if it doesn't work then all Perl scripts on the host that use DBD::mysql must be modified to use DBD::MariaDB instead.)
#mysql

From #CentOSConnect: Ewoud Kohl van Wijngaarden using Foreman and Pulp to maintain hundreds of SRPM packages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wAS7R6RriE&list=PLuRtbOXpVDjDCM16tT5KHPbz3_Fy0vNzR&index=19

If there were a #CentOS #Asahi offering, what might you want to use it for? Asking more about use cases than hardware.

To be clear, if you wouldn't consider using CentOS Stream, this doesn't apply to you.

From #CentOSConnect: Carol Chen and Cedric Clyburn talked about using bootable containers to deploy AI workloads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDOySCVhphI&list=PLuRtbOXpVDjDCM16tT5KHPbz3_Fy0vNzR&index=19

Mastering Linux Process Management: Essential Commands and Techniques
Master Linux process management, especially in CentOS! Learn essential commands for monitoring, controlling, and troubleshooting processes. Keyphrase: Linux process management commands. #Linux #CentOS #ProcessManagement #SystemAdmin #Troubleshooting #LinuxCommands
https://tech-champion.com/application-support/mastering-linux-process-management-essential-commands-and-techniques/
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From #CentOSConnect: Mike McLean talked about the work to enable building RPMs in Konflux.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wORt4PDGf6o&list=PLuRtbOXpVDjDCM16tT5KHPbz3_Fy0vNzR&index=17

From #CentOSConnect: @michelin using poi-tracker and ebranch to track packages in ELN and EPEL 10.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yZLOFRw7lU&list=PLuRtbOXpVDjDCM16tT5KHPbz3_Fy0vNzR&index=16

Happy Monday! The videos from CentOS Showcase are now available. Hyperscale, Bluefin, Proposed Updates, RPM Copy-on-write, and AutoSD.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuRtbOXpVDjByCPm98CCr88XLaLsPd8Q2

From #CentOSConnect: Nofar Alfassi talked about using Foreman to automate provisioning of CentOS hosts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psarnHrK89Y&list=PLuRtbOXpVDjDCM16tT5KHPbz3_Fy0vNzR&index=15

The recording and recap for the April CentOS Board meeting are now available. This month: GitLab, Proposed Updates SIG, WSL, and more.

https://blog.centos.org/2025/04/centos-board-meeting-recap-april-2025/?utm_content=buffer17db6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

From #CentOSConnect: @carlwgeorge talked about the work leading up to EPEL 10.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pbjS-tD4q8&list=PLuRtbOXpVDjDCM16tT5KHPbz3_Fy0vNzR&index=14

CentOS Stream vs #AlmaLinux vs Rocky Linux vs Oracle Linux for VPS Hosting This article provides a detailed comparison of #CentOS Stream vs AlmaLinux vs Rocky Linux vs Oracle Linux for VPS Hosting. We aim to help users choose the best operating system to run on their VPS server.
CentOS Stream vs AlmaLinux vs Rocky Linux vs Oracle Linux for VPS Hosting
Choosing the ...
Continued https://blog.radwebhosting.com/centos-stream-vs-almalinux-vs-rocky-linux-vs-oracle-linux-for-vps-hosting/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost #rockylinux #operatingsystem #centosstream #centosstream #ostemplates #oraclelinux #vpsguide

From #CentOSConnect: František Lachman talked about using Packit to automate builds on CBS Koji.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFxBy8SK_FE&list=PLuRtbOXpVDjDCM16tT5KHPbz3_Fy0vNzR&index=13