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All the Systems Administrators (#SysAdmin) / Professionals out there:

How many distros (#Linux) <img class=" title=":linux:"/> / derivatives (#BSD, etc.) :freebsd: do you use?

Bonus points for listing the used operating systems in the comments! ๐Ÿ˜Ž
Also: Explaining why you use distro/derivative XY would be great! ๐Ÿ‘

#Linux #BSD #SysAdmin

  • 1 (11%, 14 votes)
  • 2 (32%, 38 votes)
  • 3 (17%, 21 votes)
  • >3 (38%, 45 votes)
118 voters. Poll end: 2 weeks ago

#Linux #BSD #sysadmin
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Juno
Juno
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Void for my laptop, FreeBSD for my desktop. LMDE for anyone new to unixes who asks me for an install/machine/recommendation.
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Smart Fox
Smart Fox
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Debian for personal use
Rocky for buissness stuff
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Scrutinizer
Scrutinizer
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#Devuan for desktop-based *nix stuff
#FreeBSD for ZFS Storage
#OpenBSD for networking
#OpenBSD #FreeBSD #Devuan
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Eelco 'Systeemkabouter' ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
Eelco 'Systeemkabouter' ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
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Happely using a mix of Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, OpenBSD, Raspian, OPNsense and some others. And there is Macos too.

RHEL is mostly to support clients who need the enterprise support. Debian in most other cases. My old 'default' has been Ubuntu and some are still in operation.

OpenBSD mostly for security or hobby stuff.

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Sol
Sol
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FreeBSD:

1. Server running zfs/bhyve storage/vm/jail server

2. primary laptop (xfce, suspend working!)

Arch: Gaming desktop

Many raspberry piโ€™s running raspbian primarily

HomeassistantOS running on a nuc

Several workstation laptops that rotate through k3s, openshift, rancher based on project Iโ€™m working on/what Iโ€™m focused learning.

I also have some very old laptops with openbsd, Slackware, gentoo for the fun memories.

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Root Moose
Root Moose
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Currently #PopOS on the desktop and laptops: polished and gets out of your way kinda like #MacOS but not as dumb. #Ubuntu base provides stability and simplicity. Occasional old repo apps to be worked around.

Running #OpenWRT on the edge - #OPNSense is inbound with next hw upgrades.

#Debian stable on the servers incl. ZFS. Tempted to go #FreeBSD in the next iteration.

#DietPi on the Pi's. Lean, mean, and works great.

I've run everything over the years but this is the current pattern.

#Debian #FreeBSD #MacOS #ubuntu #openwrt #popos #opnsense #DietPi
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Phil Ashby ๐Ÿต
Phil Ashby ๐Ÿต
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Debian (stable) - because I prefer stuff to Just Work (tm) with minimal drama.
OpenWRT - because of the support for my network gear.
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silverwizard
silverwizard
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@jhx Debian, Devuan, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, AWS Linux, Rocky, CentOS, Ubuntu

AWS and Ubuntu professionally
FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Devuan in my local stack

The others to keep skills sharp

@jhx
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- Oracle Linux at work, plus an internal immutable package version kinda like Project Atomic
- #Rocky for running FreeIPA, and one machine where Iโ€™m playing with cockpit
- #Synology for NAS
- #Alpine for all containers
- #Debian otherwise as my default Linux
- #pfSense for edge gateway
- #FreeBSD as default Unix where Linux isnโ€™t needed
- #OmniOS for learning about #illumos and trying to understand how to get it on arm
- macOS & Android for many other things
#Debian #FreeBSD #Synology #pfsense #illumos #alpine #rocky #omnios
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David Nelson
David Nelson
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Oracle and Debian on servers at work.

CentOS Stream and Debian on personal Linode VPSs.

Debian for VMs at home in XCP-ng (hosts my UniFi controller, NMS, etc.)

pfSense for router at home and the one I manage at my momโ€™s house.

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Axel โŒจ๐Ÿง๐Ÿช๐Ÿšด๐Ÿ˜ท | R.I.P Natenom
Axel โŒจ๐Ÿง๐Ÿช๐Ÿšด๐Ÿ˜ท | R.I.P Natenom
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@jhx: At home I use: Debian (every flavour from Unstable to ELTS, usually with SysVInit, sometimes with OpenRC), Devuan (1ร—), TurrisOS (1ร—, an OpenWRT derivative), SailfishOS (1ร—), occasionally Kali, Grml and RaspberryPi OS (the latter only as long as the hardware is not yet supported by Debian's vanilla kernel as I strongly dislike their ignorant handling with regards to their users' privacy).

At work: Debian, Kali and (only if really necessary) RHEL. Also occasionally Grml and RaspberryPi OS.

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Slash909uk
Slash909uk
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1. Ubuntu (desktop and server) for my PC systems, because Debian based with good hw coverage and Studio version available.
2. Synology on my NAS - no choice ๐Ÿ˜• does this even count?
3. OpenWRT on my routers

I used to count RHEL in my day job, but I'm retired now ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘

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fensterlos
fensterlos
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#debian on server - work
#freebsd on server - work/private
#openbsd firewall - work/private
#fedora laptop/pc - work/private
#opensuse pc - private
#debian pc/raspberry - private
#chromeos chromebook - private
#android pixel phone - private
#ios iphone - work
#OpenBSD #Debian #FreeBSD #Android #Fedora #iOS #opensuse #ChromeOS
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apgarcia
apgarcia
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at work we have a hodgepodge. The reason for the sprawl is that different vendors mandate different distros. RHEL, Rocky, Oracle, SLES, Debian, and Ubuntu server.
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