Update Cycle
RH vs SUSE
“ We do not want to update all that often, so we are choosing RHEL/CentOS/Alma/etc. [in favor of SLE] ”
RHEL (and its derivatives) actually release a lot more service packs over time, and the service packs' individual lifetime is also shorter:
SP |
Release |
Last repo change |
Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
AlmaLinux 8.4 |
2021-05-26 |
2021-11-22 |
181 days |
AlmaLinux 8.5 |
2021-11-12 |
2024-09-28 |
320 days |
AlmaLinux 8.6 |
2024-05-12 |
2024-11-03 |
176 days |
AlmaLinux 9.0 |
2024-05-26 |
2024-11-03 |
162 days |
SP |
Release |
End of Support |
Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
SLE 15.1 |
2019-06-21 |
2021-01-31 |
591 days |
SLE 15.2 |
2020-06-22 |
2021-12-31 |
558 days |
SLE 15.3 |
2021-06-21 |
2024-12-31 |
559 days |
For admins with an aversion to periodic invocation of the updater, the update cadence is in favor of a SUSE-based distribution.