CentOS Linux 8 EOL

 December 31, 2021

In December 2020, the CentOS Project announced a series of changes. The three most important are:

• the creation of CentOS Stream and the consequent rename of CentOS (the classic Linux distribution the project is known for) in CentOS Linux
• the anticipation to today (31/12/2021) of the End Of Life for CentOS Linux 8
• the fact that CentOS Linux 8 is going to be the last and that from now on, only CentOS Stream will have new releases

That announcement created a lot of different sentiments in the community and even more among the CentOS Linux users. As many predicted, multiple solutions are now available for the users that used to be on CentOS Linux.