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1 • Wine Curmudgeon (by Wedge009 on 2021-05-17 00:35:32 GMT from Australia)
I made the mistake of thinking that the Wine Curmudgeon site was about the Wine software, not the alcoholic drink. The lower-case w in 'wine' should have told me that, but oh well...
2 • Fedora 34 too bad... (by Bobbie Sellers on 2021-05-17 00:48:42 GMT from United States)
I am glad to read the review so that I do not have to interact with such a mess.
Since it is from Red Hat and that is IBM I do not expect it to be so messed up as to call
programs by the incorrect names. Why Two versions of common programs is hard
to fathom, doing away with root logins is just about the end of the world for this once imposing
distribution. I guess that the intended audience will just absorb the changes without protest
since they earlier swallowed systemd.
But IBM should know better. But I guess they just are interested in corporate world stuff where
nonsense is better than MS. But if they want to equal MS they will have to turn out updates that destroy the functionality of the machines.
bliss -“Nearly any fool can use a GNU/Linux computer. Many do.” After all here I am...
3 • RHEL clones (by Roger on 2021-05-17 00:51:25 GMT from Belgium)
None in our GNU/Linux werkgroep run RHEL clones, we seem to concetrate on Debian and Ubuntu based ones. Only one member is using Suse for testing the KDE desktop, but his main desktop is Linux Mint like ninety procent of our group. I tested PopOS but found it very slow on the same hardware, so that one is out.
4 • RHEL clones (by E. DeLozier on 2021-05-17 00:53:21 GMT from United States)
I’m a high-tier helpdesk/low-tier sysadmin for a small MSP. We mostly run Windows server, to my dissapointment, but our FreePBX phone systems run on Sangoma Linux, which is basically CentOS with a FreePBX and asterisk installed by default. For our use case, CentOS 7 is supported for long enough that we’re not worried about it, and the 16 free RHEL licenses we get fill in the gaps for things like the Ansible server I’m using to help manage the phone systems and a few other servers.
I haven’t put CentOS Stream 8 into production yet, but I’d genuinely like to and see how it fares. I’m willing to bet it’s a lot more stable and usable than a lot of people seem to think. I know lots of people have very different use cases than mine, but a RHEL clone would provide very little value for me.
5 • Oracle Linux journey (by Jules on 2021-05-17 01:03:26 GMT from Australia)
Hi,
WIth computer specifications of:
A Intel GA-Extreme motherboard, 24GB RAM, Geforce GT-710 2GB video cards and 8 * 500GB sata HDDs, I run Oracle Linux 7.7 with Oracle 11.2, Oracle 12.2 and Oracle 18C databases installed. I also run Microsoft SQL Server on Oracle Linux on the same physical box.
Oracle Linux is fun to use but can be intimidating to Linux beginners. Being a high medium Linux user (I would not call myself an expert), Oracle Linux is great learning tools for operating system deep dive, fun to play and hack with. I do have other 3 Linux boxes (with MX Linux 19.3, Linux Mint 20.1 and Manjaro 21) installed, but I find that Oracle Linux is were one can learn the operating system and its mechanics. I use use google and various other dedicated Oracle linux web sites to custom the Oracle Linux environment. Between NFS, samba and FTP, all four Linux boxes communicate with one another. and with my 2 Windows boxes (the 2 windows boxes are for work). I prefer Linux over Windows anytime.
If someone has a spare PC, give Oracle Linux a go (even in a VM).
Long Live Linux !
6 • The new Fedora (by milo henderson on 2021-05-17 01:13:27 GMT from United States)
I have a spare computer so I installed the new Fedora. I attempted to use the system for a couple of hours. I found the whole system so confusing I removed it and went back to my rolling release distro ,whose name I won't mention and the good old i3wm. Ah, sanity once again.
7 • Favorite RHEL clone (by Trevor on 2021-05-17 01:26:22 GMT from United States)
RockyLinux, by far. Look deep enough at any other recently arriving contender and the community support is either highly exaggerated or almost a complete fallacy.
8 • fedora 34 (by matt on 2021-05-17 01:38:39 GMT from United States)
I'm normally a debian user, and my main machine always runs debians stable branch. I decided to try out fedora for the first time.
I started using F33 on an old thinkpad. I used the xfce spin instead of gnome. I've actually been surprised how much I like it. No updates (or the upgrade to F34) caused any problems. Having access to newer software and try new things like pipewire, etc is useful. I think their documentation for newcomers is better than many other linux distros. I actually think it's a pretty solid distro overall.
I did have the same experience with dnf dragora. It's slow, and basically not worth using. Luckily dnf on the command line is fine, but I prefer apt overall.
9 • vine linux (by Tim on 2021-05-17 02:01:30 GMT from United States)
I’ve always been fascinated by Vine, a very long lived independent distro that makes its own choices. I was first aware of it as it was one of the last distros to support 32 bit powerpc. I’m going to give VineSeed a spin.
10 • Oracle and other RHEL clone (by Charlie on 2021-05-17 02:23:00 GMT from Hong Kong)
I gave Oracle a try and found it's not really 100% compatitle to RHEL, so I doubt if it can be called a "clone". It has a different version of kernel, and the RPM Fusion repo for EL cannot be installed on Oracle, it's somewhat frustrating.
I am glad that people prefer Rocky over Alma, I admit I have a little bias against Alma. They seemed trying to release their EL clone asap in order to be available earlier than Rocky, and to gain focus and attraction. Also, I'm skeptical that we just shift away from CentOS, controlled by Red Hat to another company-controlled distro.
11 • rocky linux (by papapito on 2021-05-17 03:44:11 GMT from Australia)
if I have to use a rhel clone, it's rocky. but trying to get away from rhel altogether. work seems to want to push ubuntu as our server OS. there are a couple rogue techs who are working on smaller projects with alpine and another on arch. hoping they come to fruition for satellite offices but who knows.
fedora hyped up a fireworks show to deliver a couple kids with sparklers. incredibly unimpressed with the gnome 40 experience on f34. that isnt a fedora issue as such but why lead a major release with an alpha DE?
gave GUIX a spin, other than slow updates from my side, it feels smooth and everything is there or within reach.
12 • Fedora 34 (by kksheth on 2021-05-17 05:21:36 GMT from India)
@6 Do you know fedora has a new i3 spin with fedora 34.
Fedora has by default gnome which is horrible. all other fedora spin like cinnamon, mate etc are excellent. Only fedora mate has compiz/emerald beautifully working.
13 • IBM (by GaryW on 2021-05-17 06:16:08 GMT from Australia)
@2, a joke that was popular in the 20th century: "IBM" stands for "It's Better than Microsoft".
I haven't tried Fedora for a few years now. GNOME, systemd, btrfs... three strikes and you're out.
14 • GNOME (by ro0t on 2021-05-17 06:49:41 GMT from Germany)
I tried it, and I delete it.
Beside some dead DE, I think GNOME is the worst.
15 • Oracle Linux (by Microlinux on 2021-05-17 08:09:46 GMT from France)
Oracle Linux has been around since 2006, and in terms of maintenance it's the best RHEL clone out there. Take a peek at the package update timeline, all other clones are lagging far behind. Contrary to what's been said here, OL is 100% compatible to RHEL (you don't have to use the UEK kernel, you even have a separate installation ISO for that), and the in-house third party repos are only provided so folks can use one single download mirror (what with proxies and all). The documentation is excellent, and the user forum is extremely helpful. Oh, and it's free-as-in-beer and will always be.
16 • Fedora 34 - Keep fair for no distro can ever be perfect (by Gerhard Goetzhaber on 2021-05-17 08:51:52 GMT from Austria)
Fedora is great evolution! However, to get happy with it just follow two simple rules:
1. Make use of setting it up in accordance to your personal preferencies as there are a lot of official spins available. If you don't like GNOME try out KDE (Already very good experience on Wayland, too!) or Xfce (For "oldboys", this' mine!). More on, you are offered free choice of file systems and partitioning within individual installing. It's worth to do!
2. On Fedora, ALWAYS install software from nothing else but command line by calling dnf!!! SIMPLY LEARN TO USE IT - it'll be followed by enlightenment, great fun and satisfaction! Trust me ... ; )
17 • Fedora 34 (by Carlos Felipe Araujo on 2021-05-17 12:21:39 GMT from Brazil)
I'm using Fedora 34 on an old iMac 21" Late 2011 and it's running faster than macOS. I use Linux officially since Ubuntu 9.04 and I did haven't many troubles to change .deb to .rpm.
My opinion to improve Fedora:
- a LTS version, or increase the support F+(X).
- VLC is missing (the flatpak doesn't share the codecs I guess),
- I had troubles using Zoom, my students complain microphony.
- Easier install application, Anaconda is harder than Calamares for exemple.
- More extensions (blur my shell, clipboard indicator, espresso, icons on desktop)
18 • fedora (by aurel on 2021-05-17 12:40:22 GMT from Moldova)
fedora provides a really interesting edition fedora silverblue, which uses rpm-ostree. IMHO it is easier to use than dnf.
Also dnf itself is slow and heavy, I use microdnf instead, started to use it inside docker containers, but then switched to it from dnf itself.
19 • UEK SUX (by Oracle...NOT on 2021-05-17 13:14:26 GMT from United States)
Linux user since 1997 and have used it daily in the enterprise for almost 20 years. Oracle Linux UEK absolutely blows. I have lost more Oracle Linux servers then any other OS or device I maintain including Microsoft. Calling it 'unbreakable' is the most ironic name of all time.
I can't recommend an alternative, but I can recommend you stay away from Oracle Linux if you care about your time.
20 • technology demo (by Tad Strange on 2021-05-17 15:29:06 GMT from Canada)
Thanks for the review, reminding me why I shouldn't bother with the latest Fedora alpha release.
I'll run any of the X number of rolling release distros if I want current software without being an unpaid beta tester. Not to disparage anyone who enjoys such a hobby - Fedora obviously has its place and its fans.
RHEL and its derivatives are not really relevant to my current work. In my previous work we generally preferred a Ubuntu LTS server edition for the stuff that we didn't want to license a Windows server for.
21 • Fedora 34 (by Basilio on 2021-05-17 16:20:11 GMT from Italy)
I am using Fedora 34 KDE spin (x11) and it looks much better to me than F32 and F33. Dnfdragora is still not completely mature and slow, but it is safely usable. I would rate Fedora 34 more than sufficient, bearing in mind that a Fedora user is always a beta tester also. My fairly positive experience probably depends on the fact that I have not a discrete video card and I don't use any "Software Store". To have Vlc you need to install the RPMfusion repositories (Vlc is clearly superior to Dragon Player) and I suggest installing Clementine instead of Elisa. For those who want Google Chrome there is an excellent guide of "If not true then false" at this address:
https://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-google-chrome-with-yum-on-fedora-red-hat-rhel/
22 • Fedora 34 (by Tech in San Diego on 2021-05-17 19:37:48 GMT from United States)
Every new version of Fedora that I've installed has had the same overarching challenges that preceded it. Jeff correctly pointed out the same issues that this distro is known for is performance. And I'm only talking about the average desktop client. Server usage on the other hand has a phenomenal track record of security, performance and reliability.
I didn't find a lot of documentation about PipeWire on either the Fedora website, (Fedora Magazine) and even less on the PipeWire official website. My goal is to merge JACK, ALSA and Pulse support with PipeWire for my A/V apps, LMMS, Ardour, Audacity, Shotcut, DeadBeef, etc.
I'm not going to bother to install Fedora 34 this time, but I am curious about what the community is observing when it comes to the system resources (@ idle). Fedora has always been in the "heavy weight" class, but I'm curious to hear from anyone who has installed F34 with GNOME 4. Faster, Slower, about the Same?
All the Best!
Tech in San Diego
23 • RHEL Clones (by Ubuntu on 2021-05-17 20:20:37 GMT from United States)
Never had a good experience with anything Red Hat has put out. It's always slow and buggy. Has been since I started using Linux over 15 years ago. For personal machines I use nothing but Gentoo. For servers I use nothing but Ubuntu. Both work, both are fast and neither gives me any problems.
24 • Oracle (by Charlie on 2021-05-18 01:39:59 GMT from Hong Kong)
@15
"Contrary to what's been said here, OL is 100% compatible to RHEL"
Look at the DW database, Oracle Linux 8.3 uses kernel 5.4.17:
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=oracle
While RH 8.3 is 4.18:
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=redhat
How come this is 100% compatible? Or is there any other non-default method to install a bit-by-bit RH compatible Oracle Linux?
25 • Oracle and RHEL (by Jesse on 2021-05-18 01:54:18 GMT from Canada)
@24: Oracle ships with two kernels. One is their custom Oracle kernel - it is the 5.4.17 one you mentioned. The other is the RHEL compatible 4.18 kernel. The admin picks which one they want to run. So you can either have 100% compatibility with RHEL or you can have near-compatibility with Oracle's custom kernel.
You can see both kernels listed if you bring up a complete package listing for version 8.3: https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=oracle&pkglist=true&version=8.3#pkglist
26 • Server OS/CentOS Clones (by Cynic on 2021-05-18 11:39:16 GMT from Ghana)
CentOS used to be a favorite for me.. the 5.x releases in particular were such solid releases I even ran them on my primary computer for years.
With the incorporation of Gnome3 and systemd, my liking started to fade. The discontinuation of CentOS's point releases presented the proverbial 'straw that broke the camels back'...
All these binary 1:1 distributions coming out are essentially fragmentation of a project that (in my opinion) already went 'south'. Server OS's used to be lightweight and headless (I do like a GUI on a server due to the ease of use it adds, but Gnome3.. seriously..?).
What's worse is the idea that Ubuntu (which is so far from vanilla Linux it's like Windows 10 compared to it's original DOS base) is a decent server environment. Personally, when running servers I want to know that how and what I set up the 'last time' will hold true 'this time', but as Canonical makes changes and everyone says "how high?!" - it kills this idea entirely.
I'll be sticking with Slackware and/or its derivatives for my servers whenever possible. Stability and predictability are what servers need to run and thrive - not forced upstream changes from developers retrofitting a desktop OS into a server OS. Abstraction hell at it's worst..
27 • Poll (by anon on 2021-05-18 21:21:29 GMT from United States)
I voted other as I believe PCLinuxOS counts. If it does not count, sorry.
28 • Clones Vs Descendants (by M.Z. on 2021-05-19 04:32:57 GMT from United States)
@27
"I voted other as I believe PCLinuxOS counts."
The poll was on the identical twins of RHEL, you're talking about a cousin at best, or possibly distant step child depending on how you count the Linux family tree. They are all RPM & PCLinuxOS was originally based on Mandriva, which was in turn originally based on Red Hat. That being said the PCLOS part of the family tree is quite separate from current versions of M OpenMandriva & both are quite separate from RHEL & its clones. I run PCLOS cousin Mageia in a few places, but I still answered that I don't run any RHEL clones.
29 • Poll Question (by Otis on 2021-05-19 22:07:22 GMT from United States)
"Clone?" Okay.. but my mind doesn't wrap around that term for tributary distros branched from others. Children .. heck who cares, I guess.
I found the 70% "I don't run RHEL clones" predictable. Of the other 30% of users responding, a pretty good chunk of them say they're running Rocky. Very interesting. Hope abounds, as we see a lot of hard luck stories of experience with Fedora/RedHat etc.
30 • Red Hat Clones (by penguinx86 on 2021-05-20 07:58:21 GMT from United States)
I used CentOS and Oracle Linux when I was learning Linux and distro hopping a lot. But when I studied for the LPIC-1 exam, I downloaded actual Red Hat 8 on my laptop. I was able to get a 30 day trial license. But when the license expired, I didn't want to pay $179 for an annual license renewal fee for a home laptop for non-enterprise use. Red Hat still worked, but I couldn't get any more updates. So, I wiped the SSD and installed Fedora for free instead instead. Now I'm using Fedora 34 instead with Gnome 40. I'm liking Gnome 40, but the inability to minimize windows is soft of a deal breaker. I'll probably switch back to Xfce instead.
31 • Debian Clones (by Amin on 2021-05-20 20:46:48 GMT from France)
It depends on different parameters. But I personally prefer to use Debian and its subsets like Ubuntu. For security, I will definitely use Kali.
32 • About RTFM and "deal breaker" (by whoKnows on 2021-05-21 05:54:47 GMT from Switzerland)
30 • Red Hat Clones (by penguinx86 from United States)
“I used CentOS and Oracle Linux when I was learning Linux and distro hopping a lot. But when I studied for the LPIC-1 exam, I downloaded actual Red Hat 8 on my laptop. I was able to get a 30 day trial license. But when the license expired, I didn't want to pay $179 for an annual license renewal fee for a home laptop for non-enterprise use. Red Hat still worked, but I couldn't get any more updates. So, I wiped the SSD and installed Fedora for free instead instead. Now I'm using Fedora 34 instead with Gnome 40. I'm liking Gnome 40, but the inability to minimize windows is soft of a deal breaker. I'll probably switch back to Xfce instead.”
I very much hope that you are referring to Local Professional Institute of Carpentry, when you mention LPIC.
1. The users of RHEL have fundamentally different needs from the users of Fedora, but yes, both are operating systems.
2. “Inability to minimize windows”? Didn't you just say that you used CentOS/Oracle/RHEL? They all use Gnome-Classic by default, and they have minimized button on the windows.
3. One can change between Gnome and Gnome-Classic on the login screen.
If Gnome-Classic:
4. Minimize/maximize buttons are on the windows. Start menu is there.
5. One single extension is needed if one wants to put favorites on the task bar. It's called TaskBar 2020.
If Gnome (40):
6. Right-click on the window frame on top and there is “minimize” option. Double-click (left) is “maximize”.
7. One can install Tweaks (gnome-tweaks) and go to: Tweaks/Window Titlebars/ Titlebar Buttons and enable the minimize/maximize buttons.
8. One could also install “Hot Edge (by yoda)” extension, if one's so desperately missing the program launch-dock. “Add a hot edge that activates the overview to the bottom of the screen”.
But ... nobody needs any of it. It is user who must adapt himself to his/her operating system. Exactly the same as when one buys the car. Gear-changing lever might is not always bottom-middle ...
Have you ever checked RedHat documentation on how to use Gnome?
33 • GUI best practice (by Somewhat Reticent on 2021-05-21 17:02:30 GMT from United States)
@32: "It is user who must adapt … to … operating system. Exactly the same as when one buys the car. Gear-changing lever … is not always bottom-middle …"
"You Will Adapt; Resistance is Futile."
Sure - unless you are the buyer, and you require "bottom-middle" shift-control.
Either seller offers a suitable model, or offers to adapt an otherwise suitable model, or competition gets the sale.
A good GUI shouldn't need reference to the Full Manual (which hasn't been provided in decades); if a proper introduction (perhaps with demo video) is not provided, that's a fail.
34 • About the “GUI practice” ... (by whoKnows on 2021-05-21 18:37:21 GMT from Switzerland)
@33 • GUI best practice (by Somewhat Reticent from United States)
““You Will Adapt; Resistance is Futile.”
Sure — unless you are the buyer, and you require “bottom-middle” shift-control.”
Wrong. Nobody MUST use modern Gome — Gnome-Classic is included. And ... one could still install IceWM, Xfce or whatever — but even then, the user MUST adjust himself towards IceWM, Xfce or whtever ... simple logic.
“A good GUI shouldn't need reference to the Full Manual (which hasn't been provided in decades); if a proper introduction (perhaps with demo video) is not provided, that's a fail.”
Some people ALWAYS need manual — no matter what they do or use. ;)
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| • Issue 994 (2022-11-14): Redcore Linux 2201, changing the terminal font size, Fedora plans Phosh spin, openSUSE publishes on-line manual pages, disabling Snap auto-updates |
| • Issue 993 (2022-11-07): Static Linux, working with just a kernel, Mint streamlines Flatpak management, updates coming to elementary OS |
| • Issue 992 (2022-10-31): Lubuntu 22.10, setting permissions on home directories, Linux may drop i486, Fedora delays next version for OpenSSL bug |
| • Issue 991 (2022-10-24): XeroLinux 2022.09, learning who ran sudo, exploring firewall tools, Rolling Rhino Remix gets a fresh start, Fedora plans to revamp live media |
| • Issue 990 (2022-10-17): ravynOS 0.4.0, Lion Linux 3.0, accessing low numbered network ports, Pop!_OS makes progress on COSMIC, Murena launches new phone |
| • Issue 989 (2022-10-10): Ubuntu Unity, kernel bug causes issues with Intel cards, Canonical offers free Ubuntu Pro subscriptions, customizing the command line prompt |
| • Issue 988 (2022-10-03): SpiralLinux 11.220628, finding distros for older equipment and other purposes, SUSE begins releasing ALP prototypes, Debian votes on non-free firmware in installer |
| • Issue 987 (2022-09-26): openSUSE's MicroOS, converting people to using Linux, pfSense updates base system and PHP, Python 2 dropped from Arch |
| • Issue 986 (2022-09-19): Porteus 5.0, remotely wiping a hard drive, a new software centre for Ubuntu, Proxmox offers offline updates |
| • Issue 985 (2022-09-12): Garuda Linux, using root versus sudo, UBports on the Fairphone 4, Slackware reverses change to grep |
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