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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Mar-2024 02:16:16 JST nixCraft 🐧

   We are all aware of the recent controversy surrounding RHEL and CentOS. At the same time, Ubuntu has been introducing some controversial changes, such as the snaps, LXD, and restrictions on updating through apt repositories (Ubuntu Pro with 'esm-apps'). As a result, I have concluded that Debian #Linux is the best choice for those seeking a reliable & secure Linux distro that avoids such drama. Of course, there are other candidates, like Alpine. Arch is good, but I hate to use it on servers.

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Mar-2024 02:17:47 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     Then there is the whole world of BSD, especially FreeBSD with ZFS is an excellent choice for servers and is used by Netflix.

   • hdante (hdante@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Mar-2024 02:44:13 JST hdante

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     @nixCraft Red hat is a small and always outdated Linux distribution. I think it's by far the worst and most overrated Linux distribution. I also use Debian on servers.

     BTW, I use Arch Linux.

   • Erik “Lacraia” Magnusson (lacraia@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Mar-2024 03:09:46 JST Erik “Lacraia” Magnusson

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     @nixCraft when it comes to servers OpenBSD still has “Only two remote holes in the default install, in a heck of a long time!”

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Mar-2024 03:35:54 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     • Erik “Lacraia” Magnusson

     @lacraia Haha.

   • André van Schoubroeck (grombeestje@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Mar-2024 03:50:33 JST André van Schoubroeck

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     @nixCraft I use Debian on servers and Arch on Desktops. Planning to have a look at Alpine some time in the future.

   • Aslan French (thedonquixotic@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Mar-2024 04:12:08 JST Aslan French

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     @nixCraft what about fedora? I hear it's good.

   • Teop Versant (teop_versant@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Mar-2024 05:40:24 JST Teop Versant

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     @nixCraft I left Debian for Arch because Debian/stable takes forever to upgrade software. I have no knowledge of how it works on servers.

   • Hextore (hextore@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Mar-2024 07:33:16 JST Hextore

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     @nixCraft I reached the same conclusion some time ago. Debian on my personal server and Debian-dressed-like-old-windows for my relatives' no-you-dont-need-a-new-laptop facebook machines. Arch for my desktop/laptop.