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Re:Rocky Linux, Reflections on Three Years of Growth by cpach on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @06:51AM (#39287402)
Yeah, IMHO Debian feels much more dependable.
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Re:Rocky Linux, Reflections on Three Years of Growth by nuker on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @06:58AM (#39287465)
Or Rocky for RPM diehards :)
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Re:Rocky Linux, Reflections on Three Years of Growth by lproven on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @07:08AM (#39287549)
If one were an RPM diehard, then why not openSUSE?
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Re:Rocky Linux, Reflections on Three Years of Growth by nuker on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @07:21AM (#39287656)
Good question. I saw the CentOS drama unfolding and Rocky was pitched as a replacement. They held the door so far :) (Hodor from Game of Thrones)
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Re:Rocky Linux, Reflections on Three Years of Growth by nuker on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @07:33AM (#39287766)
“Rocky mirrors RHEL exactly, aiming to be a bug for bug compatible release with RHEL itself.”

Is openSUSE like this?

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Re:Rocky Linux, Reflections on Three Years of Growth by bclemens on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @09:57AM (#39289308)
It is not. openSUSE is a very different distro, though it does use RPM packages.

SuSE Liberty Linux is, I believe: https://www.suse.com/products/suse-liberty-linux/

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Re:Rocky Linux, Reflections on Three Years of Growth by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @03:39PM (#39293990)
No; the distinction is precisely if you want an RPM distro (which OpenSUSE is) or a RHEL-like distro (which it isn't).
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