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"title": "November 2024 News",
"pubDate": "2024-11-20 21:13:13",
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"description": "November 2024 News Welcome Jack Aboutboul to the CentOS Board. CentOS Connect will happen January 30-31 in Brussels, just before FOSDEM. Join us to collaborate on the future of Enterprise Linux. Registration is free but strongly recommended. The CFP is open until December 16. The CentOS Showcase vidoes are available. This was the first time […]",
"content": "\n<h1 class=\"part\" data-startline=\"33\" data-endline=\"33\" data-id=\"November-2024-News\"><span data-position=\"629\" data-size=\"18\">November 2024 News</span></h1>\n<ul class=\"part in-view\" data-startline=\"35\" data-endline=\"40\" data-position=\"649\" data-size=\"0\">\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"35\" data-endline=\"35\" data-position=\"651\" data-size=\"0\">\n<span data-position=\"651\" data-size=\"8\">Welcome </span><a href=\"https://blog.centos.org/2024/11/centos-board-welcomes-jack-aboutboul/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-position=\"660\" data-size=\"34\">Jack Aboutboul to the CentOS Board</span></a><span data-position=\"766\" data-size=\"1\">.</span>\n</li>\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"36\" data-endline=\"36\" data-position=\"770\" data-size=\"0\">\n<a href=\"https://connect.centos.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-position=\"771\" data-size=\"14\">CentOS Connect</span></a><span data-position=\"815\" data-size=\"199\"> will happen January 30-31 in Brussels, just before FOSDEM. Join us to collaborate on the future of Enterprise Linux. Registration is free but strongly recommended. The CFP is open until December 16.</span>\n</li>\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"37\" data-endline=\"37\" data-position=\"1017\" data-size=\"0\">\n<span data-position=\"1017\" data-size=\"4\">The </span><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuRtbOXpVDjDy-jc_YXLt3BtMgGNZkFZ8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-position=\"1022\" data-size=\"22\">CentOS Showcase vidoes</span></a><span data-position=\"1119\" data-size=\"180\"> are available. This was the first time we ran this half-day virtual conference to show off what's happening around the CentOS project. We plan to run three per year going forward.</span>\n</li>\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"38\" data-endline=\"38\" data-position=\"1302\" data-size=\"0\">\n<span data-position=\"1302\" data-size=\"22\">Fabian announced that </span><a href=\"https://lists.centos.org/hyperkitty/list/devel@lists.centos.org/thread/YW24YOCOSVFMZ5FLB3CMX2UXSUOFTVDF/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-position=\"1325\" data-size=\"22\">s390x is now available</span></a><span data-position=\"1454\" data-size=\"16\"> to SIGs in CBS.</span>\n</li>\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"39\" data-endline=\"40\" data-position=\"1473\" data-size=\"0\">\n<span data-position=\"1473\" data-size=\"33\">Recordings are available for the </span><a href=\"https://youtu.be/bqT0iH24z20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-position=\"1507\" data-size=\"7\">October</span></a><span data-position=\"1545\" data-size=\"5\"> and </span><a href=\"https://youtu.be/FSvdDaIRV6c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-position=\"1551\" data-size=\"8\">November</span></a><span data-position=\"1590\" data-size=\"16\"> board meetings.</span>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<h2 class=\"part in-view\" data-startline=\"41\" data-endline=\"41\" data-id=\"Infra-SIG\"><a href=\"https://accounts.centos.org/group/sig-infra/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-position=\"1509\" data-size=\"9\">Infra SIG</span></a></h2>\n<p class=\"part in-view\" data-startline=\"44\" data-endline=\"44\" data-position=\"1671\" data-size=\"0\"><span data-position=\"1568\" data-size=\"230\">The CentOS Infra SIG deploys/maintains/monitors and also decommission various components needed to support the whole CentOS Project, either helping internally for CentOS Stream distribution itself, or externally for community/SIGs</span></p>\n<p class=\"part in-view\" data-startline=\"46\" data-endline=\"46\" data-position=\"1903\" data-size=\"0\"><span data-position=\"1800\" data-size=\"56\">Things worked on during Q3 (highlights, not BAU tasks) :</span></p>\n<ul class=\"part in-view\" data-startline=\"48\" data-endline=\"60\" data-position=\"1962\" data-size=\"0\">\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"48\" data-endline=\"48\" data-position=\"1964\" data-size=\"0\"><span data-position=\"1861\" data-size=\"40\">CentOS 7/Stream 8 EOL infra decommission</span></li>\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"49\" data-endline=\"49\" data-position=\"2009\" data-size=\"0\"><a href=\"https://pagure.io/centos-infra/issue/1359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-position=\"1906\" data-size=\"41\">https://pagure.io/centos-infra/issue/1359</span></a></li>\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"50\" data-endline=\"52\" data-position=\"2053\" data-size=\"0\">\n<span data-position=\"1950\" data-size=\"42\">contacted sponsors and reinstalled servers</span>\n<ul data-position=\"1996\" data-size=\"0\">\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"51\" data-endline=\"51\" data-position=\"2101\" data-size=\"0\"><a href=\"https://pagure.io/centos-infra/issue/1471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-position=\"1998\" data-size=\"41\">https://pagure.io/centos-infra/issue/1471</span></a></li>\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"52\" data-endline=\"52\" data-position=\"2147\" data-size=\"0\"><a href=\"https://blog.centos.org/2024/09/thank-you-all-centos-sponsors/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-position=\"2044\" data-size=\"62\">https://blog.centos.org/2024/09/thank-you-all-centos-sponsors/</span></a></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"53\" data-endline=\"53\" data-position=\"2212\" data-size=\"0\">\n<span data-position=\"2109\" data-size=\"42\">enabled Epel/CentOS Stream 10 for SIGs on </span><a href=\"https://cbs.centos.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-position=\"2151\" data-size=\"22\">https://cbs.centos.org</span></a>\n</li>\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"54\" data-endline=\"54\" data-position=\"2280\" data-size=\"0\"><a href=\"https://pagure.io/centos-infra/issue/1485\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-position=\"2177\" data-size=\"41\">https://pagure.io/centos-infra/issue/1485</span></a></li>\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"55\" data-endline=\"55\" data-position=\"2324\" data-size=\"0\"><span data-position=\"2221\" data-size=\"40\">enabled rpmautospec on CBS for Stream 10</span></li>\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"56\" data-endline=\"56\" data-position=\"2369\" data-size=\"0\"><a href=\"https://pagure.io/centos-infra/issue/1456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-position=\"2266\" data-size=\"41\">https://pagure.io/centos-infra/issue/1456</span></a></li>\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"57\" data-endline=\"57\" data-position=\"2413\" data-size=\"0\">\n<span data-position=\"2310\" data-size=\"31\">clarified mirrors situation on </span><a href=\"https://www.centos.org/download/mirrors/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-position=\"2341\" data-size=\"40\">https://www.centos.org/download/mirrors/</span></a><span data-position=\"2381\" data-size=\"31\"> (previously on wiki, now gone)</span>\n</li>\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"58\" data-endline=\"58\" data-position=\"2521\" data-size=\"0\">\n<span data-position=\"2418\" data-size=\"1\">(</span><a href=\"https://pagure.io/centos-infra/issue/1441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-position=\"2419\" data-size=\"41\">https://pagure.io/centos-infra/issue/1441</span></a><span data-position=\"2460\" data-size=\"1\">)</span>\n</li>\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"59\" data-endline=\"60\" data-position=\"2567\" data-size=\"0\"><span data-position=\"2464\" data-size=\"120\">helped CentOS Stream team for various tasks wrt Stream build infra (koji, odcs, mbs, storage, network delivery, testing)</span></li>\n</ul>\n<h2 class=\"part in-view\" data-startline=\"61\" data-endline=\"61\" data-id=\"Alternative-Images-SIG\"><a href=\"https://sigs.centos.org/altimages/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-position=\"1509\" data-size=\"22\">Alternative Images SIG</span></a></h2>\n<p class=\"part in-view\" data-startline=\"63\" data-endline=\"63\" data-position=\"2754\" data-size=\"0\"><span data-position=\"1615\" data-size=\"95\">The Alternate Images SIG's goal is to build and provide alternate iso images for CentOS Stream.</span></p>\n<p class=\"part in-view\" data-startline=\"65\" data-endline=\"65\" data-position=\"2851\" data-size=\"0\"><strong data-position=\"1712\" data-size=\"0\"><span data-position=\"1714\" data-size=\"24\">Conference Presentations</span></strong></p>\n<ul class=\"part in-view\" data-startline=\"66\" data-endline=\"67\" data-position=\"2880\" data-size=\"0\">\n<li class=\"\" data-startline=\"66\" data-endline=\"67\" data-position=\"2882\" data-size=\"0\">\n<span data-position=\"1743\" data-size=\"37\">At Flock 2024, Troy Dawson presented </span><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjtnfg8EZpc\" target=\"_blank\" 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"title": "CentOS Board Meeting Recap, November 2024",
"pubDate": "2024-11-20 00:07:44",
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"description": "The recording of the November CentOS Board meeting is now available. Watch the recording Read the minutes The recording has timestamps so you can skip to the parts that interest you. Here are a few highlights of the meeting: Welcome Jack Aboutboul to the board of directors. The board further discussed the proposal to connect […]",
"content": "\n<p>The recording of the November CentOS Board meeting is now available.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://youtu.be/FSvdDaIRV6c\">Watch the recording</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://hackmd.io/@centosboard/SJDtP3cZJe\">Read the minutes</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>The recording has timestamps so you can skip to the parts that interest you. Here are a few highlights of the meeting:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Welcome Jack Aboutboul to the board of directors.</li>\n<li>The board further discussed the proposal to connect with RHEL and Fedora leadership.</li>\n<li>The board agreed on plans to define the timeline for elections.</li>\n<li>We discussed ideas for getting Firefox in CentOS Stream 10.</li>\n</ul>\n",
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"title": "CentOS Board Welcomes Jack Aboutboul",
"pubDate": "2024-11-08 20:21:05",
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"description": "CentOS is excited to welcome Jack Aboutboul to the Board of Directors. The CentOS Board is made up of 10 members, nominated by the community and appointed by a vote of the board. Josh Boyer stepped down earlier this year, so the board began the process of selecting a new director. We'd like to thank […]",
"content": "\n<p>CentOS is excited to welcome Jack Aboutboul to the Board of Directors.</p>\n<p>The CentOS Board is made up of 10 members, nominated by the community and appointed by a vote of the board. Josh Boyer stepped down earlier this year, so the board began the process of selecting a new director. We'd like to thank Josh for his many years of experience and insights.</p>\n<p>With over 20 years of experience in the Linux, Open Source, and Free Software communities, Jack is well-known for his dedication to technology, community, and developer advocacy. </p>\n<p>Jack’s journey in open-source leadership began as an integral member of the original Fedora team, where he played a key role in driving Fedora’s rapid growth and widespread adoption. Recently, he has been actively engaged in the CentOS community, dedicating efforts to broaden contributions across the ecosystem through the Special Interest Groups (SIGs). Jack has also made significant contributions to AlmaLinux, shaping its direction and fostering growth.</p>\n<p>In his current role within Microsoft’s Linux Platforms Group, Jack focuses on Linux Distribution enablement and engineering engagement on Azure, where Linux now accounts for over 60% of cores in operation. He also upholds Microsoft’s commitment to open source, serving as a key advocate and steward of these values.</p>\n<p>Jack’s extensive experience in open source, his expertise in community building, and his deep understanding of the ecosystem make him a valuable addition to the CentOS Board. We look forward to his voice on the board, where he will continue to advocate for and support the health and growth of our vibrant community.</p>\n",
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"title": "CentOS Board Meeting Recap, October 2024",
"pubDate": "2024-10-22 13:49:24",
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"description": "The recording of the October CentOS Board meeting is now available. Watch the recording Read the minutes The recording has timestamps so you can skip to the parts that interest you. Here are a few highlights of the meeting: Troy Dawson presented some CentOS usage graphs. s390 is now available on cbs.centos.org. Brendan Conoboy discussed […]",
"content": "\n<p>The recording of the October CentOS Board meeting is now available.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqT0iH24z20\">Watch the recording</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://hackmd.io/@centosboard/B1WddHykye\">Read the minutes</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>The recording has timestamps so you can skip to the parts that interest you. Here are a few highlights of the meeting:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Troy Dawson presented some CentOS usage graphs.</li>\n<li>s390 is now available on cbs.centos.org.</li>\n<li>Brendan Conoboy discussed ideas for bringing together CentOS, Fedora, and RHEL leadership.</li>\n</ul>\n",
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"title": "CentOS Infrastructure Update Q3 2024",
"pubDate": "2024-10-16 11:16:41",
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"description": "This is a summary of the work done by the CentOS Infrastructure team. This team maintains the infrastructure for both CentOS and CentOS Stream. This update is made from infographics and detailed updates. If you want to just see what’s new, check the infographics. If you want more details, continue reading. About Purpose of this […]",
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"title": "September 2024 News",
"pubDate": "2024-09-23 20:37:58",
"link": "https://blog.centos.org/2024/09/september-2024-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=september-2024-news",
"guid": "https://blog.centos.org/?p=3220",
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"description": "Brian Exelbierd is stepping down as Red Hat Liaison to the CentOS Board of Directors. Josh Boyer served as an interim Liaison, leaving Josh's at-large seat on the Board vacant. Nominations are open for a new director. Subsequently, Josh announced that Steve Wanless will be serving as the new Red Hat Liaison. The Cloud SIG […]",
"content": "\n<ul dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"3:1-8:0\">\n<li data-sourcepos=\"3:1-3:543\">\n<a href=\"https://lists.centos.org/hyperkitty/list/devel@lists.centos.org/thread/QAG4NBSOEZFDLR7AWNZEE7TTIFL4YQIV/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" data-sourcepos=\"3:3-3:142\">Brian Exelbierd is stepping down</a> as Red Hat Liaison to the CentOS Board of Directors. <a href=\"https://lists.centos.org/hyperkitty/list/devel@lists.centos.org/thread/BCWM3RZCYDMUOCGS6U5XH6W2EB55XR3U/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" data-sourcepos=\"3:197-3:321\">Josh Boyer served</a> as an interim Liaison, leaving Josh's at-large seat on the Board vacant. <a href=\"https://lists.centos.org/hyperkitty/list/devel@lists.centos.org/thread/4R2KDJ55JQPFXJ5I7T7CULTLTS3SRMJ3/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" data-sourcepos=\"3:396-3:523\">Nominations are open</a> for a new director.</li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"4:1-4:201\">Subsequently, Josh announced that <a href=\"https://lists.centos.org/hyperkitty/list/devel@lists.centos.org/thread/WG2SLMSEODL4ZJW2HZD2LLP3TWXAG3JR/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" data-sourcepos=\"4:37-4:173\">Steve Wanless will be serving</a> as the new Red Hat Liaison.</li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"5:1-5:162\">The Cloud SIG is <a href=\"https://lists.centos.org/hyperkitty/list/devel@lists.centos.org/thread/KOMS23S3B6WQYO3NV6CIOPIRVATUYN7T/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" data-sourcepos=\"5:20-5:145\">taking nominations</a> for a new chair.</li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"6:1-8:0\">The Docs SIG held a <a href=\"https://blog.centos.org/2024/09/centos-doc-day-at-flock/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" data-sourcepos=\"6:23-6:96\">CentOS Doc Day</a> at Flock.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2 dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"9:1-9:63\">\n<a class=\"anchor\" href=\"https://blog.centos.org/#alternative-images-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\"></a><a href=\"https://sigs.centos.org/altimages/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" data-sourcepos=\"9:4-9:63\">Alternative Images SIG</a>\n</h2>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"11:1-11:95\">The Alternate Images SIG's goal is to build and provide alternate iso images for CentOS Stream.</p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"13:1-13:7\"><strong data-sourcepos=\"13:1-13:7\">MIN</strong></p>\n<ul dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"14:1-16:0\">\n<li data-sourcepos=\"14:1-14:86\">MIN is a new, text only Live image. You automatically are logged in at the console.</li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"15:1-16:0\">To do a text-only install run './install_to_hard_drive'</li>\n</ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"17:1-17:24\"><strong data-sourcepos=\"17:1-17:24\">Updated CentOS Logos</strong></p>\n<ul dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"18:1-19:0\">\n<li data-sourcepos=\"18:1-19:0\">This isn't really anything our SIG did, but the logo's were updated in CentOS Stream 9, and this is the first release with the new CentOS logos.</li>\n</ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"20:1-20:14\"><strong data-sourcepos=\"20:1-20:14\">Bugs fixed</strong></p>\n<ul dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"21:1-23:0\">\n<li data-sourcepos=\"21:1-23:0\">We were accidentally pulling in a few packages not in CentOS Stream, or EPEL. This has been fixed.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2 dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"24:1-24:50\">\n<a class=\"anchor\" href=\"https://blog.centos.org/#storage-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\"></a><a href=\"https://sigs.centos.org/storage/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" data-sourcepos=\"24:4-24:50\">Storage SIG</a>\n</h2>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"26:1-26:369\">The CentOS Storage Special Interest Group (SIG) is a collection of like-minded individuals coming together to ensure that CentOS is a suitable platform for many different storage solutions. This group will ensure that all Open Source storage options seeking to utilize CentOS as a delivery platform have a voice in packaging, orchestration, deployment, and related work</p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"28:1-28:21\">\n<a class=\"anchor\" href=\"https://blog.centos.org/#stream-9-packages\" aria-hidden=\"true\"></a>Stream 9 packages</h3>\n<ul dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"30:1-35:0\">\n<li data-sourcepos=\"30:1-30:97\">There have been no updates to Ceph Quincy (17). (Next update expected after the 19.2.0 release.</li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"31:1-31:43\">Ceph Reef (18) has been updated to 18.2.4</li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"32:1-32:108\">Ceph Squid (19) Release Candidate (RC) 19.1.1 has been released. It is only available in the testing repo.</li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"33:1-33:91\">NFS-Ganesha 5 — including libntirpc 5 — has been updated to 5.9 and 5.8 respectively.</li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"34:1-35:0\">NFS-Ganesha 6 — including libntirpc 6 — has been released. Both are currently at version 6.0. The centos-release-nfs-ganesha-6 package will be available by the time you read this.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"36:1-36:22\">\n<a class=\"anchor\" href=\"https://blog.centos.org/#stream-10-packages\" aria-hidden=\"true\"></a>Stream 10 packages</h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"38:1-38:146\">Work is underway building the prerequisite packages in EPEL 10. Once they are available then Ceph Squid (19) and Ganesha 6 packages will be built.</p>\n<h2 dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"41:1-41:46\">\n<a class=\"anchor\" href=\"https://blog.centos.org/#promo-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\"></a><a href=\"https://sigs.centos.org/promo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" data-sourcepos=\"41:4-41:46\">Promo SIG</a>\n</h2>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"43:1-43:76\">The Promo provides promotion and consistent messaging of the CentOS Project.</p>\n<ul dir=\"auto\" data-sourcepos=\"45:1-49:133\">\n<li data-sourcepos=\"45:1-45:104\">The Promo SIG helped organize the CentOS track at <a href=\"https://fedoraproject.org/flock/2024/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" data-sourcepos=\"45:53-45:103\">Flock 2024</a>.</li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"46:1-46:97\">While at Flock, we began work on our <a href=\"https://sigs.centos.org/promo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" data-sourcepos=\"46:40-46:96\">Promo SIG documentation</a>.</li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"47:1-47:121\">We have started planning work around CentOS Connect, our annual contributor conference that happens just before FOSDEM.</li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"48:1-48:111\">We also started work on CentOS Showcase, a new series of virtual events. Stay tuned for an announcement soon!</li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"49:1-49:133\">The Promo SIG has been working with the Artwork SIG on a revamp of the website, which we hope to deploy before the end of the year.</li>\n</ul>\n",
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{
"title": "CentOS Doc Day at Flock",
"pubDate": "2024-09-23 15:08:18",
"link": "https://blog.centos.org/2024/09/centos-doc-day-at-flock/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=centos-doc-day-at-flock",
"guid": "https://blog.centos.org/?p=3217",
"author": "shaunm",
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"description": "The CentOS Docs SIG held a half-day CentOS Doc Day at Flock. Seven of us sat in a room and worked on the documentation, as well as the ongoing work on website refresh. Here are a few highlights of the work. We started the process of merging docs.centos.org and sigs.centos.org, using the mkdocs-based workflow already […]",
"content": "\n<p>The CentOS Docs SIG held a half-day CentOS Doc Day at <a href=\"https://fedoraproject.org/flock/2024/\">Flock</a>. Seven of us sat in a room and worked on the documentation, as well as the ongoing work on website refresh. Here are a few highlights of the work.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>We started the process of merging <a href=\"https://docs.centos.org/en-US/docs/\">docs.centos.org</a> and <a href=\"https://sigs.centos.org/\">sigs.centos.org</a>, using the mkdocs-based workflow already in use on sigs.centos.org. As part of this effort, we created the <a href=\"https://gitlab.com/CentOS/docs/project-docs\">project-docs</a> and <a href=\"https://gitlab.com/CentOS/docs/quick-docs\">quick-docs</a> repository to work on our docs in markdown.</li>\n<li>We started work on converting the existing <a href=\"https://docs.centos.org/en-US/stream-contrib/\">Contributors Guide</a> to the new docs system, taking notes of where it needs work in the process.</li>\n<li>We reviewed the <a href=\"https://sigs.centos.org/hyperscale/\">Hyperscale docs</a>.</li>\n<li>We worked on bringing over some of the SIG content from the decommissioned wiki to the <a href=\"https://sigs.centos.org/guide/\">SIG Guide</a>.</li>\n<li>We continued work on revamping the website, including highlighting SIG work.</li>\n<li>We worked on ensuring the docs tools we need are packaged correctly in Fedora.</li>\n</ul>\n",
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{
"title": "Thank you, all CentOS Sponsors !",
"pubDate": "2024-09-17 14:39:50",
"link": "https://blog.centos.org/2024/09/thank-you-all-centos-sponsors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thank-you-all-centos-sponsors",
"guid": "https://blog.centos.org/?p=3213",
"author": "Fabian Arrotin",
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"description": "Some time after CentOS Stream 8 and CentOS Linux 7 releases went EOL (End of Life), I had to decommission the infra that was used to build and distribute these releases. (Starting from Stream 9 and beyond, it's built elsewhere and pushed to different CDN) As I needed some public holidays with family, I created […]",
"content": "\n<p>Some time after CentOS Stream 8 and CentOS Linux 7 releases went EOL (End of Life), I had to decommission the infra that was used to build and distribute these releases. (Starting from Stream 9 and beyond, it's built <a href=\"https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/\">elsewhere</a> and pushed to different <a href=\"https://mirror.stream.centos.org/\">CDN</a>)</p>\n<p>As I needed some public holidays with family, I created a <a href=\"https://pagure.io/centos-infra/issue/1394\">ticket</a> for myself as a reminder that I needed to also look at replacement for what was the previous mirror.centos.org network. If you aren't aware, CentOS Project is still relying on sponsored infra to distribute the mirror content outside, but when Stream 9 (and now 10) landed on the shared sponsored infra, some (older) servers couldn't , due to hard disk space constraint, carry both CentOS linux 7 (and stream 8) and CentOS Stream 9 / 10.</p>\n<p>When all the content was removed from (legacy now) mirror.centos.org network (and so all the sponsored machines behind), I had a look at which machines would be able to carry and distribute the Stream content to join the rsync.stream.centos.org pool (see how to become a third-party <a href=\"https://www.centos.org/download/mirrors/\">public mirror instructions</a> if you want to join a wider pool and also rsync directly from us)</p>\n<p>So when I was back from PTO, I started a long (very long) process : reaching out to all existing sponsors that were providing a machine that wouldn't satisfy anymore for our needs and see if they'd accept to offer either a server refresh (some servers were 12y+ old !) , or just add/swap HDD with bigger ones, to ensure that we'd have enough space to hold the whole packages set (CentOS Stream is built for x86_64, aarch64, ppc64le and s390x architectures !).</p>\n<p>It took time but finally I was able to have contact with all the listed sponsors below, and they accepted to provide either a new machine, or more capacity.Once new server was ready, I just remotely reinstall on themselves these servers, and ansible took care of configuring the machines (automation FTW !) , depending on their roles/location/etc, and then enter the geoip-based rsync.stream.centos.org pool.</p>\n<p>So let me just publicly thank them all ! Kudos to the following sponsors (also part of the larger sponsor group listed on our <a href=\"https://www.centos.org/sponsors\">website</a>) :</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.host-stage.net/\">host-stage</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.lyrahosting.com/\">lyrahosting</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.serverpoint.com/\">serverpoint</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.multacom.com/\">multacom</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.altushost.com/\">altushost</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.servermania.com/\">servermania</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.codero.com/\">codero</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.webnx.com/\">webnx</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.phoenixnap.com/\">phoenixnap</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.dedicatedsolutions.com/\">dedicatedsolutions</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.eukhost.com/\">eukhost</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.leaseweb.com/\">leaseweb</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.itsyndicate.org/\">itsyndicate</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.trabia.com/\">trabia</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.fasthosts.com/\">fasthosts</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.whitelabelsolutions.com/\">whitelabelsolutions</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.binaryracks.com/\">binaryracks</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.wehaveservers.com/\">wehaveservers</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.serverhub.com/\">serverhub</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>Without you, all sponsors, delivering the CentOS Stream distribution for public consumption wouldn't be possible, so let me thank you all again !</p>\n<p>PS : if yourself you'd like to sponsor a dedicated server (or more) for the CentOS Project, feel free to reach out to donate@centos.org</p>\n",
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"mirrors",
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{
"title": "CentOS Board Meeting Recap, September 2024",
"pubDate": "2024-09-17 12:15:33",
"link": "https://blog.centos.org/2024/09/centos-board-meeting-recap-september-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=centos-board-meeting-recap-september-2024",
"guid": "https://blog.centos.org/?p=3210",
"author": "shaunm",
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"description": "The recording of the September CentOS Board meeting is now available. Watch the recording Read the minutes The recording has timestamps so you can skip to the parts that interest you. Here are a few highlights of the meeting: The board discussed the SIG Council proposal with Brian Stinson, and how this can help support […]",
"content": "\n<p>The recording of the September CentOS Board meeting is now available.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://youtu.be/0tKHSFdMBrk\">Watch the recording</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://hackmd.io/@centosboard/S1wSrw320\">Read the minutes</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>The recording has timestamps so you can skip to the parts that interest you. Here are a few highlights of the meeting:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>The board discussed the SIG Council proposal with Brian Stinson, and how this can help support secureboot for SIG images.</li>\n<li>The board discussed trademark usage for mirror providers.</li>\n<li>The community architect gave a planning update for CentOS Connect and CentOS Showcase.</li>\n<li>The board discussed the timeline for CentOS Stream 10, as well as proposals for test days.</li>\n</ul>\n<p> </p>\n",
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{
"title": "CentOS Board Meeting Recap, August 2024",
"pubDate": "2024-08-29 20:38:13",
"link": "https://blog.centos.org/2024/08/centos-board-meeting-recap-august-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=centos-board-meeting-recap-august-2024",
"guid": "https://blog.centos.org/?p=3207",
"author": "shaunm",
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"description": "The recording of the August CentOS Board meeting is now available. Watch the recording Read the minutes The recording has timestamps so you can skip to the parts that interest you. Here are a few highlights of the meeting: Brian Exelbierd will be stepping down as Red Hat Liaison. Josh Boyer will fill this role […]",
"content": "\n<p>The recording of the August CentOS Board meeting is now available.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://youtu.be/bMLm1vhPYow\">Watch the recording</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://hackmd.io/@centosboard/rkkNNtq50\">Read the minutes</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>The recording has timestamps so you can skip to the parts that interest you. Here are a few highlights of the meeting:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brian Exelbierd will be stepping down as Red Hat Liaison. Josh Boyer will fill this role in the interim, until Brian's position is backfilled. This leaves Josh's at-large board seat open for an election.</li>\n<li>Brendan Conoboy joined us to discuss ways in which CentOS, Fedora, and RHEL leadership can better work together.</li>\n<li>We provided recaps of the board meeting and the doc day that happened at Flock.</li>\n</ul>\n",
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"Board minutes"
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