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With the latest move on centos, I am thinking of changing our servers. What operating system do you use and what do you like/hate about it?
I am sure I am not the only one here thinking about this either... This seems to be a part of a long term plan that sees a commercial centos down the road, while it may be cheaper than RHL, but so are some small cars!
 
Discussion is here

R.I.P. CentOS ?

"CentOS Linux 8, as a rebuild of RHEL 8, will end at the end of 2021. CentOS Stream continues after that date, serving as the upstream (development) branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux." https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/
forum.directadmin.com forum.directadmin.com
 
NO it is not, that entire forum thread is 95% about centos and NOT what others are currently using or what those using centos intend to try out...
Just because it is a related topic does not mean you can redirect because I do not want to discuss centos in this thread, I want to discuss alternatives.... very different content!
I am more interested in hearing from people that DO NOT use centos. We started with debian years ago, but a new server guy a few months in switched because debian was not his forte.
I have Puppy Linux on a number of PCs and older laptops, it works great and extends the life of the office hardware, but I do not believe a server environment is their target. You can also run Puppy on a usb drive and boot from any computer, like always having your PC in your pocket, great for field service.
 
Nexxterra.com said:
With the latest move on centos, I am thinking of changing our servers.
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Sorry your first sentence is sort of leading.. let's try again..
Nexxterra.com said:
I am thinking of changing our servers.
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Are referring to da servers? if yes the choices are CentOS, RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu and FreeBSD unless I missed some.
If no Its wide open. Currently for personal desktop use I like MXlinux, GhostBSD, and Mac.

for servers I prefer FreeBSD or Debian (non derivatives).

Used Redhat and centos until IBM bought them.

I have used them all over the last 20 years.
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a new server guy a few months in
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What did he like?

If you like Puppy have you tried AntiX https://antixlinux.com/

MXlinux is the old mepis and antix teams they combined. https://mxlinux.org/
 
I'm currently using Debian because it's super stable and handles packages really well. I like how it gets long-term support and regular security updates. But with the recent changes to CentOS, I'm thinking about trying alternatives like Rocky Linux or AlmaLinux. They promise to give a stable experience similar to CentOS, compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, but without the high costs.
 
carttt88 said:
I'm currently using Debian because it's super stable and handles packages really well. I like how it gets long-term support and regular security updates. But with the recent changes to CentOS, I'm thinking about trying alternatives like Rocky Linux or AlmaLinux. They promise to give a stable experience similar to CentOS, compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, but without the high costs.
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I've been using AlmaLinux 9 for all new DirectAdmin installs - no complaints at all.
 
We're actually moving from our old servers running with CentOS 7/CloudLinux andPlesk to new servers with AlmaLinux 9/CloudLinux and DirectAdmin. Everything works smooth without any issues.
 
Our entire fleet is almost entirely Debian now, with a few holdouts of Almalinux 8 + DirectAdmin. The rest will likely become Debian + DirectAdmin at some point.

1. It's nice having a consistent experience across all different machine types - Hypervisors, NAS, Shared Hosting, Cloud Hosting.
2. Less beholden to a billion dollar corporation.
3. In-place upgrades. Some clients have gone through CentOS 5 - CentOS 6 - CentOS 7 - CentOS 8 -> AlmaLinux 8 upgrades, with only the last being an in-place switch. A lot of lift and shift required.
 
adam12 said:
1. It's nice having a consistent experience across all different machine types - Hypervisors, NAS, Shared Hosting, Cloud Hosting.
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Which Cloud hosting is used for Debian? Because CloudLinux is only available for RHEL products (like also Alma) not for Debian.

As for the in-place upgrades, yes that is something that RHEL based stuff is really already missing for a very long time. There is an external tool nowadays, but it's not the same.
 
Richard G said:
Which Cloud hosting is used for Debian? Because CloudLinux is only available for RHEL products (like also Alma) not for Debian.
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Probably a poorly chosen word on my part - but anything that I'm running with any sort of scaling features. Typically this is Docker + something (Dokku, CapRover, Docker Compose, Kamal, etc).

I don't use CloudLinux.
 
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