[mhd]

My existential dread about this is worsened when I read suggestions that the best possible alternative is Oracle Linux...

[JayDoubleu]

Oracle linux is not an alternative to anything. Anything with the name Oracle is no longer alternative to anything either.

[igotroot]

No bullshit, but my org went to Oracle Linux and we haven't had any issues whatsoever.

Not saying to switch to it, but it isn't like the server implodes if you disconnect a credit card swiper from it.

[CydeWeys]

Technical problems aren't the primary reason people recommend against using Oracle, it's the extortion that happens further down the road once they've got you locked in. And in the case of Oracle Linux, that seems to be almost a certainty at some point.

[igotroot]

Fair point, they don't have the best track record :)

[edsemail123]

Same scenario as getting ingested by IBM after all

[mhd]

I've always saw it as IBM = rabid salesmen, Oracle = rabid lawyers.

[bogwog]

Two competing brands of lawnmowers.

[bhouston]

Ubuntu has been fine for us. We just jump from one LTS to the next.

[politelemon]

How long do you normally wait after an LTS release to start shifting?

[qz2]

FreeBSD is looking pretty sexy suddenly.

[tyingq]

I wonder if Amazon might do something like what they did with their Corretto java distribution.