CERN tana da yakinin cewa AlmaLinux ya kai ga aikin zama wanda zai maye gurbin CentOS
Kwanan nan an fitar da labarin cewa Cibiyar Nazarin Nukiliya ta Turai (CERNa Switzerland) da kuma Enrico Fermi National Accelerator Laboratoryfarmilab, a cikin Amurka), wanda a wani lokaci ya haɓaka rarraba Linux na Kimiyya, amma daga baya ya canza zuwa CentOS, ya sanar da zabin AlmaLinux a matsayin rarraba na yau da kullum don rakiyar gwaje-gwajen.
Shawara an ɗauke shi ne saboda canji a manufofin Red Hat game da kiyaye CentOS da cire tallafi na reshe na CentOS 8, wanda aka dakatar da sabunta shi a ƙarshen 2021, kuma ba a cikin 2029 ba.
Dole ku tuna da hakan shekaru biyu da suka gabata (daidai ranar 8 ga Disamba, 2020), IBM's Red Hat ya sanar da dakatar da CentOS, sigar RHEL kyauta, ko kuma CentOS kamar yadda muka sani. Wanda a wancan lokacin ya haifar da cece-kuce a cikin al’umma baki daya wanda ya kai ga Gregory Kurtzer, wanda ya kafa CentOS aikin, daga baya ya yi aiki da kuma fitar da abin da muka sani a yanzu a matsayin magajin CentOS, "RockyLinux" na RHEL.
Rarraba ya tabbatar da dacewa daidai da sauran sake ginawa da Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Kusan lokaci guda, CloudLinux, wanda ke ba da nasa rarrabawar kasuwanci na tsarin aiki na CloudLinux, ya sanar da cewa zai yi cokali mai yatsa RHEL cikin rarrabawar farko da ake kira Project Lenix wanda yanzu ake kira AlmaLinux.
An kafa rarrabawar AlmaLinux ta CloudLinux, wanda ke da shekaru goma na ginin gine-gine bisa tushen tushen RHEL, shirye-shiryen kayan aiki, da kuma babban ma'aikatan masu haɓakawa da masu kulawa.
CloudLinux ya ba da albarkatu don ci gaban AlmaLinux kuma sun matsar da aikin a ƙarƙashin reshen wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta ta AlmaLinux OS Foundation don haɓaka kan dandamali mai tsaka tsaki tare da sa hannun al'umma.
Gudanar da aikin yana amfani da samfuri mai kama da ƙungiyar aikin Fedora. An haɓaka rarrabawa bisa ga ƙa'idodin CentOS na gargajiya, waɗanda aka kirkira ta hanyar sake gina tushen kunshin Linux Red Hat Enterprise, kuma yana riƙe cikakken jituwa tare da RHEL. Samfurin kyauta ne ga duk nau'ikan masu amfani, kuma duk ci gaban AlmaLinux ana fitar da su ƙarƙashin lasisin kyauta.
A cikin bayanin nasu sun raba wadannan:
CERN da Fermilab sun shirya tare don samar da AlmaLinux a matsayin daidaitaccen rarraba don gwaje-gwaje a wuraren mu, yana nuna gogewar kwanan nan da tattaunawa tare da gwaje-gwaje da sauran masu ruwa da tsaki.
Yin sharhi kan zabin, masu sha'awar sun rubuta:
"Alma Linux kwanan nan ya sami shahara a cikin al'umma saboda tsawon rayuwarsa don kowane babban saki, ƙarin tallafin gine-gine, saurin sakewa, gudunmawar al'umma mai tasowa, da goyon bayan metadata na shawarwarin tsaro. Gwajin shi ya nuna ya dace daidai da sauran sake ginawa da Red Hat Enterprise Linux."
CERN da, zuwa ƙarami, Fermilab, kuma za su yi amfani da Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) don wasu ayyuka da aikace-aikace a cikin labs daban-daban. Linux 7 na kimiyya, a Fermilab, da CERN CentOS 7, a CERN, za a ci gaba da samun tallafi har tsawon rayuwarsu, har zuwa Yuni 2024.
Game da AlmaLinux, ya kamata a lura da cewa yayin gwaji, rarrabawar AlmaLinux ya nuna kyakkyawar dacewa tare da Red Hat Linux Enterprise da sauran gine-gine.
Daga cikin fa'idodin da suka fice daga rarraba kuma an ambaci su saurin sakin sabuntawa, dogon lokacin tallafi, yuwuwar shiga cikin al'umma a cikin ci gaba, faɗaɗa goyon baya ga gine-ginen kayan aiki da kuma samar da metadata game da raunin da aka gyara.
Bayan haka, an ambaci cewa an riga an aiwatar da tsarin a CERN da Fermilab dangane da Scientific Linux 7 da CentOS 7 za a ci gaba da samun tallafi har zuwa ƙarshen rayuwar waɗannan rabawa a cikin Yuni 2024. CERN da Fermilab suma za su ci gaba da amfani da Red Hat Enterprise Linux don wasu ayyuka da ayyukansu.
A ƙarshe, idan kuna sha'awar ƙarin sani game da shi, zaku iya tuntuɓar cikakkun bayanai A cikin mahaɗin mai zuwa.