this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2023
198 points (97.1% liked)

Linux

48690 readers
886 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

Related Communities

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

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I would recommend openSuSe. It is using rpm, but it is an independent distribution.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Huge fan of openSuse Tumbleweed. Rolling release like Arch with the backing of a decently sized organization.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I think OpenSuSe is really the best alternative. As much as I like Debian, OpenSuSe will be pretty comfy for someone coming from RHEL.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Until it is clear, how Leap 16 will look like, I would not start to use it now.