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Comment by linsomniac

12 hours ago

I'd be seriously considering Debian or, hear me out, NixOS. We run all our work servers on Ubuntu, but ~6 months ago I switched my workstation to NixOS and I couldn't be happier. I've been following "latest" or whatever they call it, being able to treat the OS package versions like the rest of our software (update the flake.lock file and then burn it in in dev+stg for ~2 weeks before rolling to prod) is pretty attractive.

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lakeviewterrace  11 hours ago

> NixOS

No legit enterprise is running that clownware — ever.

  • dvdkon  2 hours ago

    I certainly know people who run NixOS in commercial production. It's hardly "clownware".

  • voakbasda  9 hours ago

    It used to be true that no one got fired for buying IBM. Now, I would laugh at any organization that chooses IBM.

    Times can change.

    • dada216  1 hour ago

      to be fair their storage, and I mean their SANs, is still the best (excluding very expensive alternatives that are only really beating IBM in few limited scenarios).

      I still like DB2, but only for banking/finance core stuff, and their mainframes are just unique machines, I'm very fond of them.