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A comment on Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution. Parent comment

Re:Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution by zamalek on Thursday December 08, 2022 @11:55AM (#33910137)
RHEL costs money.
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Re:Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution by warinukraine on Thursday December 08, 2022 @12:11PM (#33910346)
Yikes. Why do people use it exactly? (I use debian, that's all I know)
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Re:Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution by Moose_the_Goose on Thursday December 08, 2022 @01:00PM (#33910936)
RHEL is used by companies that need the support Red Hat provides. RHEL and it's derivatives have less packages in the repo due to Red Hat willing to support every package they ship.
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