I-AlmaLinux kuzoba uhlelo olungena esikhundleni se-CentOS e-CERN

Muva nje zakhishwa izindaba ukuthi i-European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN, eSwitzerland) futhi i I-Enrico Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (i-fermilab, e-US), owake wasungula ukusatshalaliswa kwe-Scientific Linux, kodwa kamuva washintshela ku-CentOS, umemezele ukukhetha kwe-AlmaLinux njengokusabalalisa okujwayelekile okuhambisana nokuhlolwa.

Isinqumo ithathwe ngenxa yoshintsho kunqubomgomo ye-Red Hat mayelana nokugcinwa kwe-CentOS nokususwa ngaphambi kwesikhathi kosekelo lwegatsha le-CentOS 8, ukukhishwa kwesibuyekezo kwanqanyulwa ekupheleni kuka-2021, hhayi ngo-2029.

Kufanele ukhumbule lokho eminyakeni emibili edlule (ngqo ngoDisemba 8, 2020), I-IBM's Red Hat imemezele ukuyekwa kwe-CentOS, inguqulo yamahhala ye-RHEL, noma i-CentOS njengoba besiyazi. Okungaleso sikhathi okwabangela impikiswano enkulu emphakathini wonke futhi okwaholela ku-Gregory Kurtzer, umsunguli wephrojekthi ye-CentOS, kamuva wasebenza futhi wakhulula lokho manje esikwaziyo njengomlandeli we-CentOS, "RockyLinux" i-RHEL clone.

Ukusatshalaliswa kufakazele ukuthi kuhambisana ngokuphelele nezinye izakhiwo kanye neRed Hat Enterprise Linux.

Cishe ngaso leso sikhathi, i-CloudLinux, enikezela ngokusatshalaliswa kwayo kwezentengiso kohlelo lokusebenza lwe-CloudLinux, imemezele ukuthi izofohla i-RHEL ekusakazeni ekuqaleni okubizwa ngeProjekthi Lenix manje eyaziwa ngokuthi i-AlmaLinux.

Ukusatshalaliswa kwe-AlmaLinux kusungulwe yi-CloudLinux, enesipiliyoni seminyaka eyishumi yokwakha ngokusekelwe kumaphakheji omthombo we-RHEL, ingqalasizinda elungile, kanye nabasebenzi abaningi babathuthukisi nabalondolozi.

I-CloudLinux inikeze izinsiza zokuthuthukiswa kwe-AlmaLinux futhi yahambisa iphrojekthi ngaphansi kwephiko lenhlangano ehlukile engenzi nzuzo i-AlmaLinux OS Foundation ukuze ithuthukiswe endaweni engathathi hlangothi nokubamba iqhaza komphakathi.

Ukuphathwa kwephrojekthi kusebenzisa imodeli efana nenhlangano yomsebenzi kaFedora. Ukusabalalisa kuthuthukiswa ngokwezimiso ze-CentOS yakudala, eyakhiwe ngokwakhiwa kabusha kwesisekelo sephakheji le-Red Hat Enterprise Linux, futhi igcina ukusebenzisana okugcwele kanambambili ne-RHEL. Umkhiqizo umahhala kuzo zonke izigaba zabasebenzisi, futhi konke ukuthuthukiswa kwe-AlmaLinux kukhishwa ngaphansi kwamalayisensi amahhala.

Esitatimendeni sabo babelana ngokulandelayo:

I-CERN kanye ne-Fermilab ngokuhlanganyela bahlela ukunikeza i-AlmaLinux njengokusatshalaliswa okujwayelekile kokuhlolwa ezindaweni zethu, okubonisa ulwazi lwakamuva nezingxoxo nokuhlolwa nabanye ababambiqhaza.

Ukuphawula ngokukhetha, abantu abanentshisekelo bayabhala: 

"I-Alma Linux isanda kuthola ukuvelela emphakathini ngenxa yomjikelezo wayo omude wokukhululwa okukhulu ngakunye, ukwesekwa okunwetshiwe kwezakhiwo, umjikelezo wokukhishwa okusheshayo, iminikelo yomphakathi ekhuphukayo, nokusekelwa kwemethadatha yokweluleka kwezokuphepha. Ukuyihlola kubonise ukuthi ihambisana ngokuphelele nezinye izakhiwo kanye neRed Hat Enterprise Linux."

I-CERN futhi, ngokwezinga elincane, i-Fermilab, izophinda isebenzise i-Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) kwezinye izinkonzo nezinhlelo zokusebenza ngaphakathi kwamalebhu afanele. I-Scientific Linux 7, e-Fermilab, kanye ne-CERN CentOS 7, e-CERN, izoqhubeka nokusekelwa impilo yabo yonke, kuze kube nguJuni 2024.

Ngokuphathelene ne-AlmaLinux, kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa, ukusatshalaliswa kwe-AlmaLinux kubonise ukuhambisana okuhle kakhulu neRed Hat I-Enterprise Linux nezinye izakhiwo.

Phakathi kwezinzuzo ezigqamayo ekusabalaliseni kuphinde kuphawulwe ukukhishwa okusheshayo kwezibuyekezo, isikhathi eside sokusekela, ithuba lokubamba iqhaza komphakathi ekuthuthukisweni, ukwesekwa okunwetshiwe kwezakhiwo zehadiwe kanye nokuhlinzekwa kwemethadatha emayelana nokuba sengozini okulungisiwe.

Ngaphandle kwalokho, kushiwo ukuthi amasistimu asevele asetshenziswa e-CERN naseFermilab ngokusekelwe ku-Scientific Linux 7 kanye ne-CentOS 7 izoqhubeka nokusekelwa kuze kube sekupheleni komjikelezo wempilo walokhu kusatshalaliswa ngo-June 2024. I-CERN ne-Fermilab bazoqhubeka nokusebenzisa i-Red Hat Enterprise Linux kwezinye izinkonzo namaphrojekthi abo.

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