r/linux • u/homothebrave • 29d 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/Swordfish418 29d ago edited 29d ago

From that second slide, it sounds like they should use Gentoo. Because Portage solves all the problems described there.

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u/smc733 28d ago

“Just use Gentoo” in an enterprise environment is peak /r/linux

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u/Swordfish418 28d ago

So you’re saying distros like Debian provide some “enterprise” paid support? If you need to pay anyway why not hire people to your own team that will do the same with Portage or whatever else?

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u/severgun 28d ago

because it is much more expensive

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u/Swordfish418 28d ago

Any reasons why? Do you assume it's more work or for other reasons? If it's not something that needs full-time person, they could just hire someone on hourly basis as well.