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Linux Server OSes? (programming.dev)

submitted 2 years ago by ExperimentalGuy@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev

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I've seen a lot of different enterprise and personal use distros for servers, but what do you guys use?

I'm planning on using Debian but was wondering if there are any other good free options to consider.

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[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Debian is a great choice. I'm on Debian and it is solid.

I do have one I like better: I'm transitioning to Fedora IoT from Debian for my homelab stuff. I like using their atomic desktop distros, I want to understand them better, and it seems like a great combination of recent kernel and system stability.

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Interesting I hadn't heard of these "atomic" distros. There isn't really much description of what exactly is atomic about them though - all you get is "The whole system is updated in one go". Can you explain it?

[–] michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 2 years ago

It works similarly to Android and iOS. The system partition is read-only, and each new system update is applied as a new system partition image. All user apps are kept separate from the system and are sandboxed.

[–] bloodfart@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

debian and rhel.

if you can do it on debian you can do it on one of the derivatives and same for rhel.

its amazing how many people still don't know that you can run a handful of rhel machines for free.

[–] ExperimentalGuy@programming.dev -1 points 2 years ago

I didn't know that, thanks!