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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 (1 children)

Debian needs to focus more on automation if they want more penetration in the enterprise. Debian feels made for human admins logging in and managing things old school style which is fine for a few machines. Modern enterprises use Ansible etc and need highly functional non-interactive ways to install and configure etc. Preseed and Apt leave something to be desired here.

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

What has automation to do with a distro? You can automate any distro. Ansible runs on any linux.

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

A distro can make automation more difficult than it needs to be. As I mentioned in my examples, Preseed sucks, have you ever used it? And of course Ansible works on pretty much any distro, but Debian family distros are made with the expectation of user input, such as expecting configuration values during package installation and this has to be worked around. It's not impossible, just more work and testing. When you're automating CentOS and Ubuntu next to each other, you'll realize extra Ubuntu related code.

Not a big deal, it's just minor preferences.