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what's everybody's thoughts on Alma and Rocky Linux? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Macaroni9538@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Tbh I do not know the ins and outs of rhel based distros, so these have caught my interest. I've tries live usb of both and I really did like the feel of alma. Rocky I thought felt like every other GNOME system.... But I clearly dont really know much about these sort of distros and their capabilities. Are these considered enterprise grade? I have no clue. Would love to hear your thoughts on alma and Rocky and what makes them different that other distros. Thanks

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[–] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I am building a homelab for during college (4 years) and I don't really feel like doing a release upgrade (ie: debian 11 to 12) in the middle of schooling or over a break when i wanna relax and just chill. Debian offers 2 years of support official, and like 4 extended (unluckily, the times didn't align so if I picked debian I would have to upgrade during college),and Rocky/alma offer 4 years official and like 8 extended.

I might be wrong (on phone rn), I recommend checking https://endoflife.date

Big difference, big enough that this factor is the singular reason companies go with them. Not having to do release upgrades as frequently means less maintenance, means less costly.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago

Debian offers 5 years of extended support.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Debian 12 was just released. You are not going to need to upgrade it ( until June 2028 ).

Certainly though, being able to say in the same release for a long time is one of the primary reasons to use RHEL or its clones.

[–] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My goal was to install openstack on my server, using kolla-ansible, one of the automatic installers. It officially supported debian 11. I would have had to upgrade when the openstack packagers switched over to 12.

But it also officially supported Rocky Linux 9, which goes eol in like 7 years.