Rocky Linux 9.0

Re:Rocky Linux 9.0 by cturner on Friday July 15, 2022 @01:45AM (#32104970)

Driver compatibility with redhat. Niche hardware like stack bypass network cards, packet capture cards, fpga cards will tend to have drivers issued for redhat, but not always for anything else. By using rocky/alma, you improve your odds to dodge hassle adapting the driver packs to other linux distros.

Net booting. Distros vary in how awkward it is to get stripped setups set up for net booting. My experience is that the redhat world distros are easier for this than the debian world.

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Re:Rocky Linux 9.0 by sliken on Friday July 15, 2022 @12:02PM (#32109513)

I've setup 100s of PXE boot servers, including CentOS, Rocky, and Ubuntu over the last 10 years or so. I've not noticed any difference between RHEL derived and Debian derived. On the redhat side they are called kickstart files, and on the debian side pre-seed. Both are a bit wonky and hard to debug before you have a full boot, but both seem to work fine.

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