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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Moving away from RHEL based distros, whats good ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi, mostly i use REHL based distros like Centos/Rocky/Oracle for the solutions i develop but it seems its time to leave..

What good server/minimal distro you use ?

Will start to test Debian stable.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have been using Debian for about 20 years now. Server and desktop. But I recently migrated all my server stuff to FreeBSD and I don't think I will move back. Jails are great and provide me a convenient way to isolate my apps. On the desktop side I will stay with Debian.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My first reaction to learning about jails was "why the hell doesn't linux have these".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Linux has this : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-nspawn

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

YES

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

You can check LXD too : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LXD And podman : https://podman.io/ Podman is docker without dockerd, and is more similar to what is bastillebsd to jails. https://bastillebsd.org/