alt Hacker News> Yes, while I use Fedora on my laptop, I also know Fedora is generally not a good option for a server.
Why is Fedora not considered good for a server?
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It's more maintenance due to its frequent release cycles, but it's perfectly good as a server OS. I've used it many times, friends use it.
You can't mess up the release cycle because their package repos drop old releases very quickly, so you're left stranded.
A friend recently converted his Fedora servers to RHEL10 because he has kids now and just doesn't have the time for the release cycle. So RHEL, or Debian, Alma, Rocky, offer a lot more stability and less maintenance requirement for people who have a life.
I'd also love to hear what folks have to say about this.
For myself I've had nothing but positive experiences running Fedora on my servers.
It's a cutting-edge distro with 6-month release and 13-month support cycles.
Whereas Debian/Ubuntu have 5 years and RHEL/Alma/Rocky have 10 years.