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Forgive my cynicism...

I'm not sure I'm seeing any content that's worth upvoting. This is link to a GitHub Repo containing... A readme claiming to replace centos?

So I followed the link from the issue that was asking donations, and it takes me to a GitHub account that outlines some goals, and a couple more repos for 2 versions of a Rocky Linux website.

Am I missing something?

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You may be missing that the guy behind Rocky, Gregory Kurtzer, is the original founder of CentOS. He has some credibility in the field.

Sounds like a captain who’s men marooned on an island and is now looking seeking funding for a new pirate ship. How is it not somehow his fault that RedHat gained control of his first project?

My understanding is that he was forced out by some sort of community disfunction in 2005, long before Red Hat took charge.

This is accurate and that community disfunction will not happen again. In the process of creating "The Rocky Linux Foundation" which will be a non-profit organization which will "own" and maintain the Rocky Linux project and assets.

CentOS started off on the wrong foot, I made mistakes, and was naive and trusted the wrong people. Now I'm going back to the original vision, but ensuring that everything is setup properly, openly, and with integrity.

Ah okay, thank you! I was indeed missing some context!

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