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The writing's been on the wall ever since IBM acquired RedHat, not to mention the fact that the Linux world is otherwise converging on Debian-derived distros.

I personally hope the Linux world converges. There are too many needless distributions whose only major difference is branding and a few file locations and other minor quibbling choices. There is absolutely no value in having both a Debian and RedHat/CentOS in the world other than annoying people who want to distribute software for Linux by making them support two package managers.

[Nullabillity]

Eh, while I agree that RHEL feels pretty redundant in a world where Debian exists, there are some distros that absolutely bring something new that you couldn't do as a Debian downstream (in particular, NixOS).

[yjftsjthsd-h]

> the Linux world is otherwise converging on Debian-derived distros

NixOS seems to be taking off, Alpine is most used in containers but is great on bare metal, Arch Linux remains a pillar of the wider community, Void is still going strong. Debian is excellent, but it's not the world.