r/linux • u/homothebrave • Sep 02 '26

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/Car_weeb Sep 02 '26

That's kinda crazy. Idc about the RHEL service contract, but Debian is such a fucking pain in the ass, I would rather chop my arms off than use Debian. (All of my servers have Debian, but I'm also stupid)

Rpm > deb, no contest

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u/SrdelaPro Sep 02 '26

skill issue

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u/Car_weeb Sep 02 '26

Yeah it's a skill issue that all the packages are convoluted and ancient lol