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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What distribution is most used in production environment (lemmy.stonansh.org)

submitted 1 year ago by lemmy@lemmy.stonansh.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've come across Red Hat allot lately and am wondering if I need to get studying. I'm an avid Ubuntu server user but don't want to get stuck only knowing one distro. What is the way to go if i want to know as much as I can for use in real world situations.

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[–] TwinHaelix@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is 100% the support. Corporations pay big money to have experts on call to fix things fast when they break, and there's basically no other player for that kind of model in the Linux space.

[–] garam@lemmy.my.id 1 points 1 year ago

Debian could stand against it, if https://www.debian.org/consultants/ and https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Extended consolidated, sadly for now, it isn't, and I don't see any project go towards it.