Most servers around the world run Linux. The same goes for almost all supercomputers. That’s astonishing in a capitalist world where absolutely everything is commodified. Why can’t these big tech companies manage to sell their own software to server operators or supercomputers? Why is an open, free project that is free for users so superior here?
Not everyone can just rUn DeBiAn on networks they don’t own, and there’s reasons to run the less free distributions.
If you’re not rebooting, even Debian, for kernel, libc, and other low level security vulnerabilities, you’re running a dogwater enterprise.
If you can’t manage vendor recommended reboots and package update cycles on any distribution without causing an outage, you’re a dogwater sysadmin.
No one gives a shit about uptime anymore.
can’t even make distro tribalism jokes anymore