Tag: Alternative

CentOS 8 to CentOS Stream — Updated!

Posted on December 28, 2020 by David Singer

Category: Tutorials | Tags: Alternative, Alternatives, CentOS, CentOS 6, CentOS 7, CentOS 8, CentOS Stream, Configuration, High Availability, Operating System, OS, Service, Systemctl, Systemd

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CentOS Options

With the recent announcement by CentOS 8 regarding the switch from CentOS 8 to CentOS Stream, this commonly used Linux distribution is being relegated to a mid-stage development version of RHEL. In essence, CentOS 8 becomes an early rolling-release distro for RHEL. As CentOS moves from being a follow-up distribution to the stable version of RedHat, to be, in effect, a prerelease version of RHEL, many users are looking for alternatives to replace their current operating systems with a long-term stable platform apart from RHEL and IBM who owns RedHat.

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How to Install Yarn on Windows

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Ellen Sletton

Category: Tutorials | Tags: Alternative, Bower, Category of Dependencies, Choco, Chocolatey, CLI, Dependencies, Install, Installation, Java, Java Script, Modules, MSI, Node.js, NPM, NPM Client, NPM Registry, Package Management, Package Manager, Package.json, PowerShell, Project, Scoop, Upgrade, Windows, Windows Server, Yarn, Yarn Commands

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What is Yarn?

Yarn is an alternative npm-client used for working with JavaScript as a package manager that was developed by the Facebook team. It also allows us to share code with other developers around the world and use solutions from other developers. The code itself is distributed via packages, sometimes referred to as modules. The package contains a .package.json file which describes the contents, as well as all the associated distributed code. In comparison with npm, Yarn is considered to be a better alternative and surpasses NPM in the following parameters:

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