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Is anyone here using an enterprise Linux distro? (feddit.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For example Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Enterprise Linux.

I'm considering switching to RHEL, to get a "professional" Linux, since it's free if you register an account, but is it worth it?
Is the experience very different from Fedora?

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Can I assume you're not actually running an enterprise distro?

I mean, me neither, yet, but:

Both SUSE and Red Hat have had a minor release this year, with their software being less out of date than Debian
I feel like enterprise distros seem to be very different in the areas where differences between distros actually matter: Package management (which can be fine-tuned a lot more with application streams, security updates, package modules, etc.) and complete, up-to-date documentation (which is the thing most people miss in Linux).

I was really looking for real world experience, not a re-hashing of unvalidated opinions that have been around for >10 years (when they might have actually been true).

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It looks like you have your mind made up and are looking for affirmation, not discussion. Next time, say that instead of being an ass to people trying to help you.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I think I was pretty clear with what I was asking in this thread:

"Is anyone here using an enterprise Linux distro?"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

You also asked

I'm considering switching to RHEL, to get a "professional" Linux, since it's free if you register an account, but is it worth it?
Is the experience very different from Fedora?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Nobody cares when someone tries to preemptively qualify incoming advice. It's an open forum. Everyone will just ignore your criteria because you admittedly don't know much about this. If you gave us a reason that didn't vibe as "I think I know more than I do" I bet people would consider not chiming in.

What a normal person does is simple: just ignore the advice that they don't value.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Not anymore because all the reason I mentioned. Has the experience change in recent years? Not likely. It is the same software as in other distros - just years out of date. That has not changed as the goals of these projects have not changed. They might be on newer versions then 10 years ago but they are still way behind more frequently updated distros - or at least will be very shortly. That is fundamentally how these enterprise distros work. Their target audience is businesses needing support, not lots of end users.

The big attraction towards these distros are the support that enterprise people will pay for - which you do not get with the free version. If you don't mind older versions of things then it might be nice for you. If not then I would stay clear of them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

their software being less out of date

It almost sounds like we need to review how and why and when RHEL bundles software to be released within their distro, and the difference between an old snapshot and a relatively new fork.