Just curious. What are you guys using in place of centos? This days, ny servers are all debian or ubuntu server based.
Aside from that, Rocky Linux also seems like a great choice for many: https://rockylinux.org/
Some also say that AlmaLinux is pretty good: https://almalinux.org/
Personally, I found RPM distros to be quite stable but have largely moved over to Ubuntu LTS for servers (technically Debian also has a LTS release, but it’s not as mainstream) and Linux Mint locally (largely Ubuntu without focus on snaps and the Cinnamon desktop is pleasant), it’s been working pretty well so far.
Then again, I run most software in Docker containers, so thankfully underlying OS changes usually aren’t too bad for me to deal with.
Jup for enterprise, OracleLinux it is. I don't like Oracle as any normal person would, but they never did some shady stuff with their Linux, it even works perfectly on a Raspberry PI.
Alma independently manage their updates though, started by Cloudlinux, who are also experts in maintaining EL distros
And the logs. I think it's every 30 minutes or so that "buy Ubuntu advantage" gets logged, you have to disable a systemd timer to get rid of it.
Current job doesn't give me many chances to use linux rn so I'm a bit out of touch. Recently took a look at rocky and it felt like a centos. also tried ubuntu but I recall I had to remove some ads package yeah.
My first question was "what's the replacement for aptitude", and people pointed me to "yum shell". It was not as good, but I got used to it, and went with it.
If you run "aptitude" on debian, without any argument, you end up in a TUI, you can use it to install or remove packages from your system, and then see the "preview" of the change, and apply/cancel the change. The same way people use "yum shell".
I'm used to new "dnf shell", so I don't miss aptitude anymore, but I think aptitude is what you're looking for.
I don't have anything against apt, it's just specific edge cases when it really saved me massive headaches by being able to remove and add during same change without having to remove all apps depending on it.
i know its a whole environment change but debian really is the logical replacement for a centos style deployment.
I would love to be able to comment on rocky linux but i havent used that quite yet.
If they don't change their mind, i would not build my business on a promise made by IBM ;)
I think commitment to your baby (your project) is far more morally superior than commitment to just making your stakeholders happy...no?
BTW: I buy Github DVDs, I don't load it from the "Internet".
What is your point, anyway?
That all of Debian will have a baby? Or that all of ArchLinux gets impregnated at once? Big projects are usually not led by a single person....oh whait...linux is, and now Linus cannot have sex anymore, thank you OP.