It used to be that Fedora was upstream for RHEL and centos was compatible with it.
Then it got changed to centOS stream which is now upstream from RHEL and and downstream from Fedora. However not every feature from CentOS Stream makes it to RHEL, but most bug fixes are, even sometimes having to backport bug fixes to older versions of the software.
Now however (since centOS no longer exists) there’s no publicly available option that’s binary compatible with RHEL without access to the RHEL Source which is now locked behind a developer account and is not licensed for redistribution.
The only caveat being that Rocky and Alma have stated they’re attempting to figure things out. Something similar, though I can’t remember the exact change, happened like 10 years ago and everyone thought CentOS would die.
If there’s one thing I have faith in is that open source always finds a way. It’s not just you figuring something out. It’s entire communities of insanely brilliant and PASSIONATE folks. Never underestimate the passion that drives these folks. Red Hat does.
So if I’m understanding this righf( from your explanation combined with this hackaday article i found)
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/23/et-tu-red-hat/
It used to be that Fedora was upstream for RHEL and centos was compatible with it.
Then it got changed to centOS stream which is now upstream from RHEL and and downstream from Fedora. However not every feature from CentOS Stream makes it to RHEL, but most bug fixes are, even sometimes having to backport bug fixes to older versions of the software.
Now however (since centOS no longer exists) there’s no publicly available option that’s binary compatible with RHEL without access to the RHEL Source which is now locked behind a developer account and is not licensed for redistribution.
Am I getting that right?
That’s my understanding.
The only caveat being that Rocky and Alma have stated they’re attempting to figure things out. Something similar, though I can’t remember the exact change, happened like 10 years ago and everyone thought CentOS would die.
If there’s one thing I have faith in is that open source always finds a way. It’s not just you figuring something out. It’s entire communities of insanely brilliant and PASSIONATE folks. Never underestimate the passion that drives these folks. Red Hat does.