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AlmaLinux mentions (22)

• June 30th, 2024, will bring the End of Life (EOL) of CentOS Linux

  Another suitable option, which has handled the situation of Red Hat source RPM releases[1] quite a bit better imo, is Alma Linux. https://almalinux.org/ Similar goal, but is working more directly upstream with Red Hat[2] as opposed to the (as I last had read) undisclosed and non-open approach that Rocky Linux has taken. 1: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-stream 2:... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Keeping Open Source Open: Rocky Linux

  Https://almalinux.org (At the bottom, "Backed By"). Source: 11 months ago

• what is the typical size of Linux updates?

  This might be a good use case for RHEL family distribution (such as CentOS Stream or AlmaLinux) or Debian. These are much longer lived distributions, and provide fewer update churn over time than other distributions. Source: 12 months ago

• Can't get Nagios to work on Ubuntu 22.04

  If If you feel more comfortable on a RHEL based distro, there a good alternatives to CentOS such as AlmaLinux or Rocky Linux. Source: 12 months ago

• Rust language forked by community into Crab

  This situation still exists and Gregory Kurtzer's RockyLinux (Greg started CentOS originally), CloudLinux's AlmaLinux, and others exist to fill the need for a freely installable RHEL clone. Source: 12 months ago

Unraid mentions (13)

• what are your digital decluttering routines?

  Really: I've got a Synology 10-disk unit in JBOD mode (each drive independent, but see SnapRaid) containing backup of backups and recent set of 4x 14TB unopened drives. I'm working at building a new UnRaid system to contain everything; I just need to confirm the power supply max load and if I can stagger the drives to avoid the maximum inrush. RAID5 is great (but Is Not A Backup), UnRaid is a "daily" RAID5... Source: over 1 year ago

• Build upgrade - OS advice

  As an example, I have qemu+kvm host running my VMs (NAS, plex, Nextcloud etc.). As for NAS OS, TrueNAS is a great options. With different drive size you can consider UnRAID. It allows to pool drives of a different size. https://unraid.net/product. Source: over 1 year ago

• my first NAS. need some input on what to buy. synology?

  You can turn a PC case into a NAS with NAS OS like openmediavault (https://www.openmediavault.org/), unraid (https://unraid.net/product), or TrueNAS Core (https://www.truenas.com/docs/core/gettingstarted/corehardwareguide/). They require +8 GB RAM (Unraid system requirements say 4 and OMV is ok with +1GB RAM). To start, I'd go with openmediavault. If you need it to be windows, say, using for anything else, you can... Source: almost 2 years ago

• Low cost storage server - is there a need?

  Take a look at using unraid as a backup server. https://unraid.net/product. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Homelab iSCSI Resizable Storage

  In case you are interested in software options. UnRAID is a nice option. Https://unraid.net/product. Source: about 2 years ago