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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).

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

submitted 1 year 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] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Debian stable, but Alpine and Guix are also worth considering.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How has hardware compatibility been for you with Guix? It seems compelling g to me but my understanding is that it strictly avoids non-free blobs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My answer was "Debian stable"; I haven't used Guix yet; sorry if that was unclear.

But I appreciate Guix's strict open source policy and it is still possible to get non-free firmware if necessary—see guix-nonfree.

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

Guix’s strict open source policy

That should be: Guix's FSDG free/libre policy