Starting in early 2022, my company is going to start trialing Rocky and Almalinux. Probably spend half of 2022 doing that, then (if there is a god) start aggressively shifting over to whichever we...
Starting in early 2022, my company is going to start trialing Rocky and Almalinux. Probably spend half of 2022 doing that, then (if there is a god) start aggressively shifting over to whichever we choose mid-2022 and be fully off Centos sometime mid-to-late 2023. Given how much of the last 2 years I’ve spent fighting to keep us on centos versions that are still getting security patches, I am not optimistic in that timeline. Should be interesting to see what other companies choose to do.
If you don't need RHEL binary compatibility (which half this list doesn't have), SUSE Linux Enterprise/OpenSUSE is another great option. It's another RPM distro with strong lineage and robust...
If you don't need RHEL binary compatibility (which half this list doesn't have), SUSE Linux Enterprise/OpenSUSE is another great option.
Several of my friends work for companies who do nothing but provide Debian support for enterprise. There's no shortage of support out there, it's just not provided as part of the Debian project...
Several of my friends work for companies who do nothing but provide Debian support for enterprise. There's no shortage of support out there, it's just not provided as part of the Debian project itself. There's a reason it's been one of the most installed distros for 20+ years.
I don't know why anyone uses anything but Debian but then I know it very well so obviously it's always my choice...
Starting in early 2022, my company is going to start trialing Rocky and Almalinux. Probably spend half of 2022 doing that, then (if there is a god) start aggressively shifting over to whichever we choose mid-2022 and be fully off Centos sometime mid-to-late 2023. Given how much of the last 2 years I’ve spent fighting to keep us on centos versions that are still getting security patches, I am not optimistic in that timeline. Should be interesting to see what other companies choose to do.
As expected, Red Hat is ending CentOS Linux 8's support on December 31, 2021. Now what?
If you don't need RHEL binary compatibility (which half this list doesn't have), SUSE Linux Enterprise/OpenSUSE is another great option.
It's another RPM distro with strong lineage and robust vendor support. They've kind of been taking the opposite tactic of RedHat, as they are bringing their enterprise product closer to the community project.
Their Open Build Service is a fantastic tool for deploying Linux software across multiple distros, and I wish more people would use it.
I feel Debian stable itself could be a solid candidate. Not sure how easy it is to get "enterprise support" for it, though.
Debian's great, but you pretty much have to do your support.
Several of my friends work for companies who do nothing but provide Debian support for enterprise. There's no shortage of support out there, it's just not provided as part of the Debian project itself. There's a reason it's been one of the most installed distros for 20+ years.
I don't know why anyone uses anything but Debian but then I know it very well so obviously it's always my choice...
I've never looked into it, but aren't there any companies providing Debian support?
Some, but not of any size. There have been two major efforts to make Debian a business Linux distro, but they never came to anything.
In my company we are still trying to transition to CentOS 7, so I think we still have a lot of time ahead.