Why is everyone missing the obvious replacement: Oracle Linux

It is superior to CentOS in a lot of ways:

- A lot less delay releasing (rebuilding) RHEL updates compared with CentOS (specially important for security updates)

- Free to use and distribute like CentOS

- You have access to optional support

- You can install UEK that has BTRFS and a unlocks a whole new kernel generation to RHEL base

It was better than CentOS for years. You can switch from CentOS with a script that updates your repos and that's it.

And second: CentOS Stream is not that bad ideia. Why way to long for fixes/updates? It is and will continue to be slow, just not super-slow.