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So much so that it will take them weeks, if not months, to build it.


Converting "existing opensuse install" means converting a server from CentOS to RHEL. That is done in minutes.

Getting the source code for RHEL, making the necessary modifications and releasing it as CentOS is a whole different thing.


How is it different? It is literally compiling a bunch of packages and creating an ISO or install method. You can do this yourself and store the packages in a searchable repo like most other Linux distros. Void was created and is well maintained by very few people, and so was Alpine when it started. With a little automation this should have been done at the same time RHEL was released.


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I do plenty. I contribute to many packages for other Linux distros. Yes it is hard with RHEL cause their package manager is still really terrible. Checkout Arch and Alpine though, or Void for good package management.


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