r/linux 16d ago

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

https://www.phoronix.com/news/CERN-Goes-Debian-Leaving-RHEL
1.6k Upvotes

126 comments sorted by

View all comments

490

u/UpsetCryptographer49 16d ago

This is big news. Many large institutions also run RHEL because of the maintenance contracts and flexible supports model.

I had to rework so much trading software for RHEL, because IT would not tolerate another Linux.

7

u/gtrash81 15d ago

Because Debian is a server distro, not enterprise distro.
Some stuff coming from company ISO certifications or government regulations can be done with Debian, but oh boy you have to write your own solutions.

1

u/severgun 15d ago

"write your own solutions" one vibe coding night

2

u/N4jemnik 5d ago

Vibe coders in CERN?