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13 December 2024

I recently installed Rocky Linux on a Dell Latitude E7470 that was left in my possession by a client (who never asked for it back and did not provide instructions on returning it). It's essentially the continuation of CentOS and more-or-less an open-source clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. I plan to use it on some headless laptops for homelab stuff, so I figured I'll do some testing with this laptop.
So far, Rocky Linux has been a lot smoother on this laptop (with a 6th-generation Intel i7 -- outdated yet quite applicable for homelab uses) than Ubuntu was, and now I'm feeling like it's actually a pretty good desktop experience right out of the box.
I think the next step is to start checking out NextCloud, and testing self-hosted DokuWiki (which I use to document the Minecraft Realm I play on with some friends). And I guess I might as well install a no-GUI version of Rocky Linux on the headless laptops that will be my servers.

thanks for letting me ramble ~wharf