Debian Stable.
It's always the answer to "what distro do I want to use when I care about stability and support-ability.
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And, unlike CentOS, it can't be legally taken over by a corporate entity and changed into something entirely different. Debian is owned by Debian.
As a user I wouldn't use debian. Server yes, workstation, no.
How come? I'm using it on a laptop now, and on quite a few servers. It does both things pretty well now.
Because it's not updated often enough. Fedora is stable and up to date. Especially fedora atomic has a huge added value compared to debian.
For some, that's a benefit
Fair enough, it's good that there's choice.
Stable means different things in different contexts.
Debian being stable is like RHEL being stable. You're not jury talking about "doesn't crash", you're talking about APIS, behaviours, features and such being assured not to change.
That's not necessarily a good thing for a general purpose desktop, but for an enterprise workstation or server, yes.
So it's not so much that Debian would replace Fedora, it's the Debian would replace RHEL or CentOS. For a Fedora equivalent, there's Ubuntu and the like.
Maybe just not for corporate enterprise that wants phone and tech support? unless Debian has an Enterprise vendor? The PLM systems and other enterprise level software are certified on SUSE and RHEL, personally I haven't seen Debian listed anywhere.
I know at least of Freexian. But also, Ubuntu tends to cover the "Like Debian, but with enterprise support" niche.
In my homelab I have Debian VMs originally set up with Debian 6 in 2011 which were upgraded another 6 major releases to now Debian 12 over the years. When I think about Debian I always get a very warm cozy feeling.
To be honest, their demand that OpenSUSE rebrand left a bad taste in my mouth. I get the logic behind it, but the time for that passed a long time ago (probably about 15 years ago).
their demand that OpenSUSE rebrand
Slight changing of the tone, there. They have formally requested the change, not demanded.
Maybe that will follow, I can't read the future, but it's not the case today.
I mean yes they did "formally request" it, but given the power dynamic between a FOSS project and a large technology company, openSUSE is not in a position where they could possibly refuse. So is there a difference between a request and a demand?
If there's no requirement, maybe openSUSE will just formally politely refuse to change names
Rocky Linux and possibly Alamalinux are the future if openSUSE is anything to go by
Am I living under a rock? because I've never heard of Rocky and Almalinux lol
Yes. Is it moist under there?
They are enterprise server oriented
If you care at all about Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS, yes. See the Dec 2020 announcement. https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/
I'm sure enterprises are just running for the door, just like they did when IBM bought Red Hat. Also Hashicorp. Enterprises are going to dump Terraform because it's closed source and owned by IBM
Nobody gets fired for buying IBM.
But people do get sacked when IBM buys you.
OpenTofu is the replacement for everyone else. Them too?
Why replace Hashi if you're in the RH or IBM ecosystem? Why replace it at all if you're an enterprise? They have enterprise support.
Thing is, the last time I saw under the hood while collaborating with suse, the packaging was a freak show and the culture was abrasive.
Rocky until PCLinuxOS gets a decent VM template.
Why PCLinuxOS?
I'm genuinely curious.