Update Cycle
RH vs SUSE
Section titled “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.