Rocky Linux

Reader supplied reviews for Rocky Linux Average rating 9.0 from 60 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: 10.0 Rating: 10 Date: 2025-11-03 Votes: 64 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 Version: 9.5 Rating: 10 Date: 2025-05-20 Votes: 39 I've been using Linux—primarily RHEL-based systems—for over 20 years, and after the CentOS shift to Stream, I turned to Rocky Linux for stability and long-term support. I now use it as a development environment for PHP and JavaScript. Rocky delivers a rock-solid experience with excellent compatibility. It's easy to set up minimal or full installations, and the EPEL integration works seamlessly. Rocky Linux respects the classic CentOS spirit: stable, predictable, and production-ready. Highly recommended for sysadmins, developers, and anyone needing a no-nonsense enterprise-grade OS. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 60 reader reviews of Rocky Linux...