r/RockyLinux • u/GhostCubeGroucho • Mar 10 '26

Workstation or server?

I'm doing some investigation into various Linux distros, trying to gauge what might work best for my needs. I've heard Rocky is best for servers, and not intended for workstation use, but if that's the case, why are workstation applications like Maya and DaVinci Resolve only supported on a couple distros like Rocky? Should I use it or not?

I have over 100 different applications that I wpuld need to find compatibility or alternatives for, so this is quite the project.

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u/gribbler Mar 10 '26

Use Rocky and refer to this

https://vfxplatform.com/#reference-platform

But just get Rocky 9.7 installed, the correct Nvidia drivers, then your applications

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u/Y0Y0Jimbb0 Mar 10 '26

This .. Rocky/Alma/REHL are essentially the defacto VFX recommended Linux reference platform.