Rocky Linux

Reader supplied reviews for Rocky Linux Average rating 9.0 from 61 review(s) What are your thoughts on Rocky Linux? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- 10.19.68.10 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 9.6 Rating: 10 Date: 2026-01-13 Votes: 5 Finally a peace of mind distro and with xfs stable like hell. Have the 9,7 version, working great with Nvidia Kepler architecture , NVMe ssd and and SAS Raid on old Lenovo D10 and P500 workstations. A hidden gem in the Linux world. You can see that it is build with people in mind that want enterprise quality. My distro is supported until 2032. I had freezing problems with one of the major distrows that offer different repos, caused login loop ad suddenly I had a hybrid and instable system. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 10.0 Rating: 10 Date: 2025-11-03 Votes: 67 Over the last three years I built my home office (solo law practice) on Debian Stable. This year I hit a growth spurt and got too big for those trousers. The upgrade to a new OS (for server, workstation, and laptop) needed to check certain boxes: 1. Focus on enterprise. There may be some romance to a community-driven project of open source purists, but when it comes to my business, I need enterprise-grade support, testing, documentation, and longevity. 2. Boring as a feature. I don't want "bleeding edge" updates that interrupt my workflow and give me features I didn't ask for. I need a permanent and unchanging system, unless I specifically instruct otherwise. 3. Cohesive but unopinionated. Certain name-brand distros make too many choices in the name of dummy-proofing or prettifying the UI. That's nice for some users but not me. I actually like Vanilla GNOME with minor quality-of-life adjustments. 4. RPM-branch. I'm not overly fixated on this, but the first stop for enterprise developers is still RHEL. 5. NOT immutable/atomic. Just no. 6. FOSS with paid support. After some contemplating I gave Rocky Linux a shot on a work laptop. From the get-go it was outstanding. Flawless install and immediate functionality, with a polished and minimal default UI. To be clear, the package base and default repos are bare-bones -- even by Debian Stable standards -- but this is exactly what I wanted. Rocky Linux has been an ideal platform for my next tech buildout. I daresay it's quite perfect. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 9.6 Rating: 10 Date: 2025-09-18 Votes: 42 This distro is the workhorse you're looking for for enterprise. Free and most importantly, STABLE. I've been using it for servers and workstations with a preconfigured kickstart file that get's systems up and running with little to no effort, just plug in the usb drive with the ISO and boot, new enterprise machine. Excellent. This is distro that you'll have running on that server in the closet for a decade with 0 issues. It's the distro your team can use for everyday development and work in branded gnome desktops. Lastly, in the cloud, the images are solid. Sometimes you might need to lean on flatpaks to get some newer software for the desktop, but that works well for specific use cases! GCP, Azure, AWS, all good! One distro - entire enterprise. Recommended. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 61 reader reviews of Rocky Linux...