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Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder

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Re: Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder

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Post by bserge »

Great, another Linux distro... I am trying to use something, but I just can't.

Spending my time fixing problems instead of doing actual work is fun, for a while.

Every damn time I start this one laptop with Linux, trying to get away from Windows 10, there's something to fix.

Oh, the undervolt is not being applied, time to build the whole thing again.

Oh, restart causes it to wank the hard drive indefinitely for some reason.

Oh, shutdown is still not working, glad I got a power button.

Nouveau glitches.

Bluetooth has disconnected and just refuses to work again.

Audio recording is not working again.

Video encoding is not working again.

Video playback is not working again...

And it runs so well in a virtual machine.

Why can't people just band together and create one good Linux distro for the desktop. Rhetorical question, I guess.

Re: Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder

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Post by varbhat »

nasalgoat wrote: post #35

The branding here I think is a big issue. The name "Rocky Linux" sounds too homebrew and unprofessional. CentOS sounds Enterprise-ish. I find it hard to believe any corporate client would take it seriously.

"Thinking back to early CentOS days... My cofounder was Rocky McGaugh. He is no longer with us, so as a H/T to him, who never got to see the success that CentOS came to be, I introduce to you...Rocky Linux"

— Gregory Kurtzer, Founder of Rocky Linux and Co-founder of CentOS

It's written in Repo's README

Re: Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder

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Post by paul_f »

mmrezaie wrote: post #3

I am really interested to know why should anyone go with this when Debian or Ubuntu LTS exist. The two later have not changed their policies in the last decade, and they have a clear path for upgrading. CentOS was always a clear choice for device drivers support, but I never understood the stability claims.

If you're using Cpanel, you have no choice but to use Redhat, CentOS or Fedora.

Re: Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder

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Post by jolmg »

vbezhenar wrote: post #37
tcldr wrote: post #18

Rocky makes me think ‘unstable’ and ‘uncertain’ which seems at odds with the stated vision of the distribution. Might make for a tough sell.

What do you think about CentOS? Cheap OS?

In my head, that idea kind of balances with looking like "Central" OS. Something at the center of anything is more likely to be solid.

Re: Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder

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Post by Aperocky »

tcldr wrote: post #18

Rocky makes me think ‘unstable’ and ‘uncertain’ which seems at odds with the stated vision of the distribution. Might make for a tough sell.

As someone who's named Rocky, reading this thread is amusing. Every comment feels personal.

Re: Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder

#67

Post by joana035 »

bserge wrote: post #61

Great, another Linux distro... I am trying to use something , but I just can't. Spending my time fixing problems instead of doing actual work is fun, for a while. Every damn time I start this one laptop with Linux, trying to get away from Windows 10, there's something to fix. Oh, the undervolt is not being applied, time to build the whole thing again. Oh, restart causes it to wank the hard drive indefinitely for some…

Because of hardware manufacturers, closed/proprietary firmwares, Microsoft standards...

Re: Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder

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Post by xrisk »

bserge wrote: post #61

Great, another Linux distro... I am trying to use something , but I just can't. Spending my time fixing problems instead of doing actual work is fun, for a while. Every damn time I start this one laptop with Linux, trying to get away from Windows 10, there's something to fix. Oh, the undervolt is not being applied, time to build the whole thing again. Oh, restart causes it to wank the hard drive indefinitely for some…

This… is not the place to rant about Linux? Desktop compatibility is not the goal of CentOS style distros.

Re: Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder

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Post by kevin_thibedeau »

paul_f wrote: post #56
nasalgoat wrote: post #35

The branding here I think is a big issue. The name "Rocky Linux" sounds too homebrew and unprofessional. CentOS sounds Enterprise-ish. I find it hard to believe any corporate client would take it seriously.

I've never had to explain why we use GoDaddy as our domain registrar. I don't think Rocky Linux will be a problem.

The registrar who used Christian values as an excuse to deny registrants and then turned around and ran ads with salacious content.

Re: Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder

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Post by reggegg »

bserge wrote: post #61

Great, another Linux distro... I am trying to use something , but I just can't. Spending my time fixing problems instead of doing actual work is fun, for a while. Every damn time I start this one laptop with Linux, trying to get away from Windows 10, there's something to fix. Oh, the undervolt is not being applied, time to build the whole thing again. Oh, restart causes it to wank the hard drive indefinitely for some…

Fortunately this is a server distro, and there definitely aren't enough of those around (stable trustworthy ones).

While your experiences with the desktop are unfortunate, on most common laptops (cheap and expensive ones) most Linux distros run well, even if some very specific devices have issues with the kernel drivers

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