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Hi, mostly i use REHL based distros like Centos/Rocky/Oracle for the solutions i develop but it seems its time to leave..

What good server/minimal distro you use ?

Will start to test Debian stable.

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[–] Junkdata@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its not for everyone. You do have to activate the slackpkg by uncommenting the mirror you want from the list. There are sbopkg. But if dependencies resolution is also necessary which can be done via sbotools. Extra steps yes but the distro stability is def worth it for me.

[–] marmalade@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I mean, that much more stable than Debian enough to justify the lack of convenience though?

[–] Junkdata@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Its whatever makes sense to the situation at hand. Personal preferences will always take presidence. Is it safe to say you want more convinience overall on your prefered OS? Things that allow close to direct use of services without any adjustments to alternatives?