Choosing the Right Linux Distribution | Pros & Cons of the Top 7 Server Distros

In this video, we'll take a look at 7 different distributions of the Linux Operating System, as well as the pros and cons of each distro. This can help you determine which distribution you want to run on your Server or Workstation. Hint: There's no one right answer.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:38 Debian (Stable)
6:54 Ubuntu
12:28 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
15:23 CentOS
17:48 AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux
16:46 Suse
20:13 Conclusion
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[@undergrounder]

Great video. Very nice details!

[@maxx27i]

Very nice explanation! thank you!

[@hephaestuslakan3774]

Excellent video tutorial on Linux distro's. Thanks

[@Pray4ragE]

For some reason I've found better support for older hardware with Alma than Rocky

[@renanlucas7325]

i couldn't pay attetion to anything other than the first picture of the galaxy on the wall, crooked and disaligned 😂
Jokes appart, great video! Thank you!

[@davidvantongerloo1907]

good weekend jay !!

[@gradowik]

now i'm wondering: Alma vs Rocky? Planned usage: workstation and/or heavily modified (stripped) system for thin client netbooks.

[@Anthony-cn8ll]

Alma has financial support from Cloud Linux. Rocky was started up by the creator of CentOS.

[@augustoenriquebarretoreyes6735]

18 comments - First distro i installed was Slackware 3.1 i believe, form 12 1.44 diskettes. Later soon, S.u.S.E 5.1 and allways one of it till present Tumbleweed ... but also a large time "Gentoo" and my own L.F.S ... Never could install a Debian, i believe it is a very great distro ... nothing to do with "ubuntu" ... never a RedHat {Fedora} one, bur i know its also a fine distro ... just SuSE have allways been a very usefull and easy to use.

[@nevoyu]

Eh I run Gentoo on my server and use it to kill nvme drives on Linode!
Mostly because I'm working on development and need the build server, lol

[@pkorobase]

What about Distros for Raspis? They are often used as Servers, aren't they? So maybe Raspian, and others?

[@OtsileM]

What's the opening soundtrack?

[@JenniferTopas]

Alma and Rocky should combine forces to continue the CentOS legacy

[@2REACTION4U]

Overall it'd b logical that Alma is best, as it has the longest period ppl working on it, rocky trying to do the same/similar again but it'd b unlikely to achieve same result better in way shorter time I guess. So the approach & tutorial describtion of Rocky is likely better but not possible to beat that state of Alma (yet). But is it better than the others idk

[@rahuldsouza1985]

Can Slackware be used as a server os

[@AkamaiDeveloper]

Yes, we currently support Slackware 14.2 List of distros are available here www.linode.com/distributions/

[@Anthony-cn8ll]

Manage my packages?
Slackware: no u!

[@ObscuraDeCapra]

Take a shot when this dude says "well."

[@0xC4aE1e5]

He's actually the guy behind Learn Linux TV.

[@replikvltyoutube3727]

I'm a bit late, but can you cover NixOS?

[@mentalmarvin]

Where's Alpine?

[@nevoyu]

Alpine isn't really all that popular as a server base. It's more used as a base image for containers.

[@pieterrossouw8596]

@@nevoyu agreed. It's just a little too light IMO - makes sense for containers

[@pabloqp7929]

i use Arch btw

[@johnasejo]

Oracle Linux

[@rahilarious]

Gentoo with distcc or binary host is the way to go. Ultra rolling (straight outta github) or debian stable, YOU CHOOSE ! and ofc fastest performance and most security

[@tjk9008]

Open SUSE leap is going away and no longer supported.

[@lilydarcy3935]

rocky or debian is a better game server

[@SSS-sz8mg]

One thing, he forget to mention rolling release distribution like Arch Linux

[@urmom-wb5my]

but this is rolling and unstable

[@Anthony-cn8ll]

Linode supports it but it's probably not as popular on servers. Arch is best for the bleeding edge hobbyist.

[@nisachannel7077]

Not useful

[@mridulranjan1069]

Sorry man, but if you just had to "talk", please post your stuff as a Podcast and not a TH-cam video.

[@9m9ify]

What's the opening soundtrack?