Alternatives to CentOS - An Analysis of Alternatives

Software & Operating Systems Linux
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RHEL 8 Free

Pros

  • Well tested software

  • Generally bug free

  • Continous security updates

  • Stability is king

  • Slow tested release cycle (con for me. con for some.. pro for others)

Cons

  • Backports

  • Incompatibilities between patches and software

  • Slow tested release cycle (con for me. con for some.. pro for others)

  • You have to mess about with registrations and keys though so that can be a pain
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true theres a use case for everything. I wanted to run a VM for a torrent box but now that I found this. I have no need to

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Do you have to mess about with registrations and keys though? Cuz what a pain.

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Yes. Good con. let me add

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Thats cool; but how can we verify containers so there arenā€™t shenanigans? The only Docker container we are running is a GitLab one that is from Synology that we run on one of our NAS. I kinda think Iā€™d be happier with a playbook that installed the partsā€¦

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Docker is much like anything else. you login to its shell and do the verification stuff you want to do like any other *nix system.

Use docker compose to pass what you want in.

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OIC. I didnā€™t play with Docker guts yet. Alrady so much to learn . :smiley:

Oh, I think I saw a video on using Ansible to build Docker containers even. Maybe from TechWorld with Nana?

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same ā€¦ still learning.

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Itā€™s pretty fun though! :smiley: