AlmaLinux/RockyLinux Support

[Ashley Kleynhans]

Thanks for another awesome project as always!

Any chance you can add support for an AlmaLinux box due to the issues with CentOS 8?

[Jeff Geerling]

I'm a bit more on the RockyLinux side, but I've been waiting for that to hit a stable release before deciding what to do next.

I will likely be dropping support for CentOS 8 pretty much everywhere over the next six months to a year, but in whatever way takes the least amount of effort :D

[Ashley Kleynhans]

Thanks, now that RockyLinux is out, any plans to add support for it?

[Jeff Geerling]

Yes, possibly. Haven't had time to dig into it, and right now since I'm on M1 Macs, it's a lower priority for me, personally, since making the box wouldn't help (at least in VirtualBox-land).

[Eugen Mayer]

I guess you are referring to https://aragonresearch.com/the-death-of-centos/ and similar news. I was not aware. Yet all I want with Cent OS is running rdoproject this openstack. Moving to custom tailored does not particularly make sense to me, but I understand your concerns. Thank you for sharing

[Jonathan Wright]

Alma has a bit higher adoption so far.

[Jeff Geerling]

Planning on adding a rockylinux8 box now... testing a build: https://app.vagrantup.com/geerlingguy/boxes/rockylinux8