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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What distribution is most used in production environment (lemmy.stonansh.org)

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I've come across Red Hat allot lately and am wondering if I need to get studying. I'm an avid Ubuntu server user but don't want to get stuck only knowing one distro. What is the way to go if i want to know as much as I can for use in real world situations.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Unfortunately AIX in particular is very much still in use in my industry. Its slowly being phased out but is very much still there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

AIX

Impressive :) starting in the 2000s I was maintaining a park of SCO servers (yes, the infamous SCO) but starting 2010ish it was all Linux...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In banking I suppose? Or airline? Having hard time seeing AS400 in Banking.... at least some are using IBM Z nowdays...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Healthcare. People keep systems for decades.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I see. I seen some still using palmOS. Is there still any palmOS in production?