the BEST Red Hat Linux Clones

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Love ♥️ Red Hat! Proud to be a RedHatter!

I know this is off topic, but nobody seems to talk about SUSE Linux Enterprise. The openSUSE Leap distribution is based off of (and 100% binary identical to) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

I'm surprised nobody has really gotten on RedHat's case for pulling a Microsoft on CentOS. Support, Integrate, Obsolete, it's literally Microsoft's internal tagline for handling competition.

Which version of red hat should I download? X86?

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Free is great

The table shown in this video isn't the best, like with Rocky Linux, there are some concerning things with answers in the interviews on YT, such as being a public benefit corporation, and there's reasons for that. He's using a public benefit corporation to protect Rocky Linux and for the extra sponsors, that's because they're competitors.

You have my subs, RHEL make sense if you a big company running multiple tons of servers in datacenter or even middle size company having own infrastructure.

Somebody know how to Install i3wm on almalinux 8/9?

Why is opensuse not included? Thought it was based on red hat.

im basically completely new to linux here, i used mint for a few months one time and that one my first taste of linux, I loved the freedom from microsoft trackers and forced software and didn't mind moving to other software alternatives but i eventuallygave in and switched back to windows after some shortcomings for my personal use. there was no way to use autodesk software on that distro, im now finding out about other distros and someone told me to look up red had ditros. im confused on what would be good to use as a new user who moslty does your general media consumption but also uses maya for content creation. can anyone tell me whats the most user freindly distro that also supports maya? EDIT: Ive been using Fedora for a few days now and officially uninstalled windows form my laptop. I do want to figure how how to do passthrough with vms tho mostly because i want to play VR games again and i can't do that with my wmr headset (reverb G2)

"The reports of my death has been greatly exaggerated"

Aside from support, one of the big draws of RHEL is that they have the paid staff to performance tune it for common workstation and server hardware. It's not of major concern to most small server needs, but I am very curious how many RHEL performance optimizations make it into the the clones, or even upstream. Especially if somebody's hobby program requires all of the performance it can get.
I haven't seen a huge gain in every category vs some other community distros like Deb11, but RHEL does seem to edge them out in most categories while having major speed gains in a handful of tasks.(eg AES cryptography.)

Using vzlinux and oracle linux here, everything works well

Just a perspective. I was glad to see an ecosystem form downstream of RHEL. In fact I like that CentOS Stream is upstream of RHEL now. It will have to be seen with version 10 but I like the idea of RHEL being downstream of CentOS Stream better than Fedora. I love Fedora but it is the bleeding edge and like the idea of CentOS stream being directly downstream from that and then hardened there and making it's way into RHEL... and let the clones downstream from that follow. We'll have to see how this works in practice of course.

I STILL can't get over how Red Hat gave CentOS 8 LESS SUPPORT THAN 7. That makes me never want to use RHEL-based distros... and combined with the Fedora codecs issue... Yeah, Arch for me.

I was wondering if a company not even related to IT can use things like Linux, OnlyOffice etc fully legally. Somebody maybe has an experience? Recently in one shop I saw Ubuntu on PC so I guess it has to work somehow

You and I know that Rocky Linux is named after one of the CentOS founders, but to the average person, the word "rocky" either means "unstable" or "punch-drunk boxer". Not great if you have to specify the OS name in a hosting bid!

I think AlmaLinux is probably the best RHEL clone to pick - I don't like CentOS Stream because it's a permanent beta for RHEL and therefore less desirable than RHEL or its downstream clones.

I thought Zorin was a good Fedora "alternative"

Any advice which linux is best for 32bit computers/laptops and for people who want leave windows and who are not so tech savy? Tried puppy/beaver was painful (sucked),MX sort of OK but updates are suspicious, knoppix works fine frome live disc but after instalation no sound (HDMI). And could you explain/help in human language please...

For me, Red Hat derivatives are the only flavors that feel like I would have to pay 1000 dollars to use, like Darwin/MacOS. Feels "premium." A lot of good choices made. Everything is tightly integrated.

The security is grade-A for a general-use workstation too. Nice peace of mind there.

Hi, I'm from the enterprise B2B - IT Security . Except Oracle Linux/(ALMA)Ubuntu, all of them are not relevant for the market. And you should not install any other Linuxs distros, becauses they will not be there in 10 years. Fedora has no LTS - that is for the enterprise market important than lot of other argument(stability and LTS ). Do not waste your time.

I'm curious – what is it that would draw one to the Red Hat-based branches of Linux rather than Debian and its derivatives?

AlmaLinux really is the best. Its not because of the legal structure of the community, but also how helpful the community is. (Its also the fastest to release when RHEL makes their releases)

Very rough algorithm to choose a distro:
You have Linux experience?
1. No.
1.1. You like Gnome more?
Ubuntu
1.2. You like KDE more?
Kubuntu
2. Yes.
Then you know better.

AlmaLinux is the best one by far.

been using Nobara OS for my gaming set up myself which is basically Fedora optimised for gaming.

If I was to go that route, I would go with full blown RHEL. Red Hat offers free instances for home use which is amazing!

I don’t really get what they did with CentOS. The entire purpose was to be a rebuilt of RHEL, and they just decided it wasn’t going to be? Now it’s upstream of RHEL. Kinda defeats the entire purpose.

Do these rhel clones make a good desktop OS?

Been deploying two almalinux server one for testing, another one for production. Being non profit organization is what I prefer for

Debian.

CentOS ❤

How is this even tolerable by linux fans and officianardos linux has always been free ... paying for documentation and support ibget but making you pay to use software that should be free is just not on

Stop trying to fix your PC, your PC is fine, the audio is glitching out.

May we please do not have best for me but one just good enof for everyone? Pleeeeeese?

As a Rocky Linux 8.6 user, and a 3D artist that depends on Autodesk Maya, Renderman and some major 3D apps, Those companies don't upgrade the software they do (closed) python version to the lastest. I have issues with the Old GlibC (2.28) that is a nightmare. I miss Arch distros, but I'm just need to know what can I do to use those fancy Distros without breaking the apps with the software updates . . . If yout can install Renderman or Maya with Newer python version, I'm all ears.

I'm a retired Unix/Linux System Administrator and still keep in touch with many current admins. For years CentOS was being used for development and testing before deploying code to production RHEL servers. With the change by Red Hat this is no longer an option. Yes there is a "free" RHEL license for developer use, but most of the installations wouldn't qualify for that license, especially for use as test servers. So of the alternatives, which is actually being deployed? Everyone I know has selected Rocky Linux for a number of reasons including that it is named for one of the founders of CentOS and is the project of the other founder. Thisisnt' to say AlmaLinux isn't a good choice, just not the one being selected by the people I know. Oh while I AM a Fedora user at the desktop, it is not a viable replacement for the CentOS use cases I mentioned.

i installed RHEL 9 with Developer account but the intel integrated graphics is not found in repo or epel and gnome use llvmpipe that so slow so.. now i use RHEL 8 and it have that driver, this feature will be on Rocky and alma as well

Also to remember Gregory Kurtzer was the original creator of CentOS and now rocky Linux. So if CentOS is anything to go by Rocky Linux in the long run should be awesome. Also sometimes it's not always about the faster updates when it comes to servers it's about stability.

Be Smart = Limux Mint XFCE.

thank you, very cool

That beard is becoming epic.

Thank you sir. You deserve a fine Pennsylvania Flatbed Cigar for your efforts.

Do you have a public PO Box?

Since you can get a free Developer's subscription from Redhat, you might as well just use it.

god that UI look ugly no matter what.

This video was 1 hour too late for me. But somehow I left my search tab open anyway, came back 2 hours later, the tab reloaded itself and I saw this video. Great breakdown, my Fedora install has been so buggy I was looking for a more stable alternative.

rhel for the win.