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

submitted 2 years ago by bzImage@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] TooL@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Debian for stable.
Fedora if you want a bit more bleeding edge.
Arch for desktop/laptops.

At least that's how I've been running my homelab stuff for years now.

[–] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I run Debian servers and Fedora workstations, which works really well for me. The rock solid stability of Debian is exactly what I want in a server, and the perfect blend of it-just-works and blending-edge that Fedora provides is great for a daily driver.

Unless I'm mistaken, the current ordeal with RHEL should not affect Fedora, as RHEL is a derivative of Fedora in the same way Ubuntu is a derivative of Debian. As such, I see no reason to move away just yet - though if that changes, I'll go OpenSUSE. Arch just isn't for me.

[–] Venutianxspring@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I'm on fedora and it's been fantastic

[–] somegeek@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

I would definitely give openSUSE a try. such a solid distro. Debian is also great, popOS seems likeable, nixOS is very very solid, I've used Arch, Manjaro and opensuse myself. currently on arch. but I highly recommend openSUSE

[–] Arcaneslime@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've been seeing stuff about this but I don't quite understand, what does this mean for Fedora? Do I need to switch too?

[–] Vani@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Those distos are for professional use cases mostly. Fedora is fine and there is no need to worry.

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[–] G0R3B0XXX@dataterm.digital 5 points 2 years ago

I have utilized Debian and Minimum Ubuntu as an alternative to Centos with reasonably pleasurable results

I do also like Absolute for crafting the perfect lightweight install, but it's kind of a pain in the ass.

[–] minimalpurple@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I thought very similar after the RHEL moves that Red Hat has made. I was thinking OpenSUSE or Debian, but I am still unsure as what I am going to do.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I don't understand what's happening at Red Hat. First they pull the codecs out of Fedora which is supposed to be a community distro so why are company lawyers involved? Now basically closing their source code. I mean technically not violating the GPL cause you only have to have your source available to your customers.

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[–] americanwaste@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Have to also add to the voices recommending Debian stable. I've used it now for ten straight years after I stopped distro-hopping for my servers and desktop, and I cannot imagine using another distro. It's incredibly stable, but the best part of Debian is the absolutely expansive repositories that even the Arch User Repository can't beat. Very rarely do I ever need to use Flatpak (ugh) for packages, or look to add in new external repositories.

[–] crunchi@mas.to 4 points 2 years ago

@americanwaste @bzImage
Honestly Ive had the inverse experience where the package I need is only in AUR and not debian repos, but at least we can agree that Flatpak and Snap are terrible

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[–] dark_stang@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Debian is my go-to for containers and VMs. Stable af. For my laptop and desktop I run pop_os.

[–] bertmacho@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Void Linux. It just works.

[–] ThinkingWinnie@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

It indeed just works despite being a rolling release, but still wouldn't recommend it as a server. Desktop usage is what it's meant for.

[–] databender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

SLAAAAAAACKWAAAAARE!!!! Slackware is good.

Debian is a nice second.

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[–] Jcb2016@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Debian is stable. Arch is bleeding edge and vanilla. if you want something on arch you got to install it and follow the arch wiki

[–] mordekaiq90@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Gentoo! it can be anything you want on any platform

[–] Bruce@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

(open)SUSE

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