How long after release of a new major release do you wait to put a Linux server into production?

I'm curious what info is out there with regards to deploying a new Linux Major version release such as the upcoming CentOS 8, into Prod. For comparison I understand that many 'seasoned' Windows sysadmins will wait a significant amount of time after initial release before deploying any new Windows Server into production; a practice which seems to hold value even now after more than a decade of needful yet frustrating compliance.

Linux enjoys a significantly reduced fear factor in this arena but it still seems prudent to wait a bit after the initial release. On the other hand, since CentOS is such a close clone of RHEL I would think there is less reason for a long trial period since RHEL has now basically gone through such a period and any needed fixes would be relatively quick and easy to deploy downstream (forgive me if this is faulty thinking).

Now, in my case I'm just talking basic standalone servers for things such as DHCP, DNS, CA, etc. but I'd love to get a take on various deployment situations also.

So what are your thoughts?

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Good Code Design From Linux/Kernel
https://leandromoreira.com.br/2019/08/02/linux-ffmpeg-source-internals-a-good-software-design/

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Dear Windows,

You are fucking insufferable. As my work uses some Windows only software, I am required to have an instance of you. For the last four months I've been booting one of my three Linux instances. After attempting a Windows boot to play some LAN games with my homies, you've started some disk checking procedure, after which you've failed to boot completely. Now you really want to do an "automatic" repair which will most certainly overwrite the MBR of my machine. This will then force me to reinstall GRUB and spend valuable time fixing my entire system. What I'm really curious about is, how did you manage to break yourself being on your own SSD? Next time I'll try to run Halo in Wine.

Thanks bro,

-Walker

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Weekly Questions and Hardware Thread - August 28, 2019

Welcome to r/linux! If you're new to Linux or trying to get started this thread is for you. Get help here or as always, check out r/linuxquestions or r/linux4noobs

This megathread is for all your question needs. As we don't allow questions on r/linux outside of this megathread, please consider using r/linuxquestions or r/linux4noobs for the best solution to your problem.

Ask your hardware requests here too or try r/linuxhardware!

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The Greatest OS That (N)ever Was: An old article from 1997 about Linux
https://www.wired.com/1997/08/linux-5/

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I am still seeing 5.2.9 on kernel.org as stable kernel

Am I the only one??? I tried it with vpn and without vpn. Clearing the cache ..use 3 different network and 3 different device....

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wondering ...what the fuck is going on???

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Linux Interview Questions and Answers - 2019
https://onlineitguru.com/interviewquestions/linux-interview-questions

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Fedora Workstation ships with disabled by default firewall
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/GUAWCR2C7OSVKVXUYHOHWNIBGFVSYK65/

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Multiple Linux server backup

I have a lot Linux server that I would like to backup and want to hear if anyone has a good program/server that can do it easily and quickly

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So i just moved to Linux !

After being tired of reinstalling windows every few months because of it slowing down and becoming laggy as hell,i decided to install Linux on my laptop.

I have zero experience with it,i followed a tutorial on Youtube like a newbie and everything went fine. After setting up some few things i ran into a small issue,WIFI was slow as hell and signal was weak too.

But i didn’t give up,stayed until 4AM looking for a solution and i fixed it,so now i have full WIFI bars and fast internet !

I was shocked of how my laptop was running Linux without any CPU or FAN noise,so quiet and cold,RAM usage is insane too,only 20% used out of my 8GB while using and updating...etc,insane !

It seems i’m loving it so far,the only thing i’m scared of is the lack of compatibility, since i’m student,i use microsoft office a lot,i don’t think they can work on Linux but i ll see how it goes.

For gaming, not a big deal i’m not a big gamer, maybe i’ll try some games on it,but it’s not my priority.

If you guys have any advices or tips for someone who just started Linux,i’m here and will be so thankful.

Tip : I installed Linux Mint 19.2.

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GNOME Launches Coding Education Challenge With $500k In Funding
https://www.gnome.org/news/2019/08/gnome-foundation-launches-coding-education-challenge/

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Git Annex Assistant — Could this become the free, libre equivalent of Abstract (git/syncthing for designers)? Rough around the edges but conceptually promising!
https://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/

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How to install Kali Linux on USB SSD on the Raspberry Pi 4 (Advanced)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj8kbWBLha0

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Those last lines in my .bash_history
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nnn.vim: Fast and featureful file manager in vim/neovim
https://github.com/mcchrish/nnn.vim

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GNOME Firmware Updater
https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2019/08/28/gnome-firmware-updater/

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exFAT in the Linux kernel? Yes!
https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2019/08/28/exfat-linux-kernel/

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Make Spotify official
https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Linux-Add-Spotify-to-the-official-Linux-repositories/idi-p/4813156

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Virglrenderer 0.8.0 & the state of virtualized virtual worlds

With the release of virglrenderer 0.8.0, getting accelerated OpenGL within a virtual machine (VM) made a big leap forward. Here's the latest:

[https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2019/08/28/virglrenderer-state-of-virtualized-virtual-worlds/](https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2019/08/28/virglrenderer-state-of-virtualized-virtual-worlds/)

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VoidConf: automatically bootstrap a void linux machine according to your needs!

Hello. sometimes ago i started a project called VoidConf that lets you bootstrap a fresh void linux according to your needs.
It actually clone a repo and start symlinking files of them in your home directory.
The result is you that have almost last updates of your config files and whenever you change any files in your home directory(if they track by VoidConf directory), your cloned git repo will update and you can push the changes to your remote. :)
This is the address of project:
[https://github.com/LinArcX/VoidConf](https://github.com/LinArcX/VoidConf)
Feel free to clone it and change [bootstrap.sh](https://bootstrap.sh/) according to your needs.

Although this project specifically written to configure a void linux machine, but you can grab the idea and automate any distro that you want. Just change the package names and service paths and in [bootstrap.sh](https://bootstrap.sh) and everything will should work.

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Chrome vs Firefox in Linux

So I have attempted, multiple times to replace Chrome with Firefox. And each time, within a day or two, I am completely unimpressed with FireFox. Pages load way slower, some give me problems loading at all. I have uBlock Origin installed, have disabled it for certain websites and I have noticed improved load time on those sites. I also use TouchVPN, don't really notice much of a difference with the VPN on or off so I don't believe it has anything to do with the latency from the VPN. What am I missing here? I have heard others using Chromium over Chrome. I have used Chromium years ago, wasn't impressed. Should I give it another shot? What browser do you use? I use bitwarden for my password manager, love it as I can have it on all my systems. I do not like Chrome because of the privacy sharing obviously, that is the main reason I am trying to get away from it but at the expense of significant performance? I mean going from instant load times to sometimes 10-15 seconds to load a page, what is this 1999? Suggestions if possible would be great! Thank you!

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