Linux

48737 readers

1117 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Rules

Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
No misinformation
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

188

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

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

216 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

(page 3) 50 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

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

With a server in mind I'd go OpenSuse Leap.

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

What’s motivating you to leave?

load more comments (2 replies)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

@bzImage For desktops/laptops my goto is https://ubuntu-mate.org/. For servers, I still use Rocky 9, a RHEL based distro, but I've been happy with Ubuntu servers as well. The ubiquity of Ubuntu just makes it easy to search for solutions to anything you encounter.

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

I'm a long time Opensuse user ~~but that is also somewhat RedHat based I think~~ . Highly recommend it, though. Have been using it on a server since 2014 and just kept updating through all the opensuse versions since then without problems. Exceptionally stable.

Also use it on my work laptop and I'm also with that very satisfied regarding stability and usability.

Edit: it's based on Slackware and not redhat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Debian.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

There are several options. Alma/Rocky, Fedora, Debian, BSD, just to name a few.

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

I use Ubuntu for everything (including at work, tens of thousands machines) and it's great

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

On my Desktop, I switched to Manjaro (Arch-based) from Mint a few years ago. Works like a charm and I like the rolling release model. On servers, Ubuntu, Debian or SUSE might be a good choice.

load more comments