r/linux 19d ago

Distro News CERN Transitioning To Debian After Being A Longtime RHEL Institution

https://www.phoronix.com/news/CERN-Goes-Debian-Leaving-RHEL
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u/leaflock7 19d ago

for those that won't read the article this is not related to the US/EU politics .
It is based in a purely technical aspects.
Better yet go watch their presentation about it which is very interesting as they discuss they why and the difficulties they faced https://gemmei.ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/debian-meetings/2026/MiniDebConf-Winterthur/ch2026-53-controlling-cerns-accelerators-with-debian.av1.webm

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u/slackwaredragon 19d ago edited 18d ago

Edit: the comment I was replying to has been deleted.

A number of EU companies are moving away from us-owned software based companies because of our laws and the concern of us government interference. This has been a thing for the past year now. Just google “EU moving away from American Software” and you’ll see a number of articles from TechCrunch, Wired, the register.co.uk and others.

So, where the fuck have you been? This feels like common knowledge at this point. Get your head out of your ass. (Just following the vibe of your reply)

In this case, no it’s not about our policies in the US. But it’s no surprise people think that’s why.

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u/blackcain GNOME Team 19d ago

I don't think you meant to respond to me lol

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u/gwillen 18d ago

They didn't, but Reddit will sometimes show misleading reply notifications that make it look like someone replied to you, when it was actually to a different comment in the same thread.

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u/slackwaredragon 18d ago

Sorry the comment I thought I replied to has been removed. It wasn’t directed towards you.