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rocky linux Vs Debian

sucre13sucre13 Member
edited November 2025 in General

What is your favorite operating system for production? I'm referring to your VPS server or dedicated server.

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  • nghialelenghialele Member

    MS Windows XP

    Thanked by 3nekomikoreimu alilet nonoceb
  • barbarosbarbaros Member

    Windows 3.1

    Thanked by 2nekomikoreimu alilet
  • nekomikoreimunekomikoreimu Member

    CentOS 7

    Thanked by 1nghialele
  • lirrrlirrr Member

    windows server 2003

    Thanked by 2oloke nghialele
  • Neat321Neat321 Member
    edited November 2025

    Windows 98

    Edit: Debian for sure!

  • emghemgh Member, Megathread Squad

    TempleOS

    The only holy OS

    Thanked by 4nghialele oloke tentor TrK
  • sitsssitss Member

    ms dos with wordstar 3

    .pl80

  • MannDudeMannDude Patron Provider, Veteran

    Debian, but my longest running production server is still running CentOS 7.9

    [root@ns1 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core)
[root@ns1 ~]# uptime
 13:13:06 up 907 days,  7:33,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05

    It's replacement is already technically in production as of a week or so ago. I'm just keeping this online for the time being for nostalgia.

    Thanked by 2sucre13 Andru
  • HavocHavoc Member

    Both Rocky and Debian are good enough for production. Your choice would depend upon the kind of package management networking and firewall implementation you are comfortable with, assuming your apps are equally supported on either platforms. There might be a few version differences here and there across the kernel and some of the libraries so that may influence your selection as well. Both of them have reliable release cadence so they usually catch up sooner or later on these version differences. In the past, it used to be that RedHat based distros were very stable and received immediate fixes for vulnerabilities and Debian had/had a vast library of packages in it's repository but modern versions have closed that gap.

    Thanked by 1sucre13
  • smileboyzsmileboyz Member

    Debian or ubuntu

    Thanked by 1sucre13
  • AndruAndru Member

    My debian ...

    root@san:/home# cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="12"
VERSION="12 (bookworm)"
VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm
ID=debian
root@san:/home# uptime
 16:28:55 up 365 days, 21:17,  4 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
    Thanked by 1sucre13
  • buggedoutbuggedout Member

    I would go with Debian, its simply best and free. If I was compelled to use RHEL based distros I would either go with RHEL itself or Alma! I don't like rocky!!

    Rocky Linux is operated by the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation, which is a for profit Public Benefit Corporation and is solely owned by Gregory Kurtzer. This ownership structure means that, unlike AlmaLinux (which is governed by a community nonprofit), Rocky Linux has a single owner who technically could make unilateral decisions about the project or its direction.

    Thanked by 3stable_genius sucre13 Peppery9
  • reimuoaoreimuoao Member

    Cool kids use NixOS these days.

    Thanked by 2oloke tentor
  • rotkarirotkari Member

    Gentoo

  • JosephFJosephF Member

    @reimuoao said:
    Cool kids use NixOS these days.

    Why?

  • stable_geniusstable_genius Member
    edited November 2025

    @buggedout said:
    I would go with Debian, its simply best and free. If I was compelled to use RHEL based distros I would either go with RHEL itself or Alma! I don't like rocky!!

    Rocky Linux is operated by the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation, which is a for profit Public Benefit Corporation and is solely owned by Gregory Kurtzer. This ownership structure means that, unlike AlmaLinux (which is governed by a community nonprofit), Rocky Linux has a single owner who technically could make unilateral decisions about the project or its direction.

    I don't like Rocky either, Rocky is designed to be strictly bug-for-bug compatible with RHEL while Alma Linux has changed to be ABI compatible with RHEL with as few bugs as possible. In the beginning Rocky and Alma were practically the same thing but these days there are distinct differences and Alma Linux may be a better choice,

    Thanked by 3buggedout sucre13 tentor
  • MannDudeMannDude Patron Provider, Veteran

    Honestly though, your provider has more to do with production readiness than what OS you choose.

    Thanked by 3buggedout sucre13 tototo
  • TrKTrK Member

    TempleOS thx!

  • hostalhostal Member, Host Rep

    Debians...

    # uptime
 18:22:49 up 1994 days,  4:08,  1 user,  load average: 2.59, 3.01, 3.00
root@data ~ # cat /etc/*release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux ** (*******)"
 #
    Thanked by 3oloke sucre13 lsd
  • reimuoaoreimuoao Member

    @JosephF said:
    Why?

    It's all about the hype. Previously, the pinnacle of Linux distribution hype was Arch Linux, fueled by the "I use Arch, BTW" meme. But its growing popularity gradually eroded the exclusivity.

    Now, NixOS has taken its place. Its higher barrier to entry has created a another level of exclusivity, making it the new flex for CS undergrad kids to signaling their tech cred/taste.

  • MynymboxMynymbox Member, Host Rep

    Debian where it is possible

  • Kevinf100Kevinf100 Member

    Depending on how low end it is.

    Thanked by 2nonoceb BasToTheMax
  • JosephFJosephF Member

    @Kevinf100 said:
    Depending on how low end it is.

    That's a bit high end compared to 5.25" floppies.

  • angstromangstrom Moderator

    @buggedout said:
    I would go with Debian, its simply best and free. If I was compelled to use RHEL based distros I would either go with RHEL itself or Alma! I don't like rocky!!

    Rocky Linux is operated by the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation, which is a for profit Public Benefit Corporation and is solely owned by Gregory Kurtzer. This ownership structure means that, unlike AlmaLinux (which is governed by a community nonprofit), Rocky Linux has a single owner who technically could make unilateral decisions about the project or its direction.

    Could you say what the source of this quote is?

  • Carlin0Carlin0 Member

    Slackware

    Thanked by 1jnd
  • 384_cz384_cz Member

    Debian (i like apt)

    Thanked by 1lukgth
  • Tony40Tony40 Member

    Debian & Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

  • niranjan81niranjan81 Member

    When it comes to stability, isn't FreeBSD more stable than debian or RHEL?
    The learning is steeper, and thats the investment one has to consider, but in comparison I think FreeBSD is the most stable and production ready. Please corrct me if I am wrong.

  • jndjnd Member

    @niranjan81 said:
    When it comes to stability, isn't FreeBSD more stable than debian or RHEL?
    The learning is steeper, and thats the investment one has to consider, but in comparison I think FreeBSD is the most stable and production ready. Please corrct me if I am wrong.

    How do you measure that? I tried FreeBSD about year ago, there's not much going for it. The update process is slow and painful, the ecosystem is smaller than your popular Linux distro like Debian, the structure is kinda dated. BSD systems became very niche, perhaps used only by the people who have a lot of experience with it and use it because of nostalgia rather than anything else.

    Thanked by 2tentor stable_genius
  • jure12jure12 Member

    @sucre13 said:
    What is your favorite operating system for production? I'm referring to your VPS server or dedicated server.

    AlmaLinux - latest updated version

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