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I'm not sure what the deal is here - from what i'm reading, it's an unreleased OS, not a web hosting system.
Rocky's first release happened in 2021. It's presently on its 10th.
> not a web hosting system
I have no idea what this means. Any system that can respond to HTTP requests can be used as a web hosting system. Rocky certainly has multiple ways to conform with that definition.
> not a web hosting system
I have no idea what this means. Any system that can respond to HTTP requests can be used as a web hosting system. Rocky certainly has multiple ways to conform with that definition.
> Rocky's first release happened in 2021. It's presently on its 10th.
I'm going by the text on the page and didn't dig any deeper. On that page it says it's unreleased. Looking at the other comments it's not even the main site. No idea what this site linked is at all - maybe an older version where it was previously hosted, or some sort of malicious attack.
> Any system that can respond to HTTP requests can be used as a web hosting system.
By this I mean its primary function is as a web host, or some kind of software that has a primary purpose of hosting websites. It's not Nginx, or Render or Vercel. An OS can host web software that can host websites, but not specialised for that purpose.
I would not be shocked that a website for general purpose software (like an OS) was hosted on a platform that removed the operations work from their plate, like Github pages or Vercel. They don't need it to be a demo of their work, and it's frankly not a good one if it were.
I'm going by the text on the page and didn't dig any deeper. On that page it says it's unreleased. Looking at the other comments it's not even the main site. No idea what this site linked is at all - maybe an older version where it was previously hosted, or some sort of malicious attack.
> Any system that can respond to HTTP requests can be used as a web hosting system.
By this I mean its primary function is as a web host, or some kind of software that has a primary purpose of hosting websites. It's not Nginx, or Render or Vercel. An OS can host web software that can host websites, but not specialised for that purpose.
I would not be shocked that a website for general purpose software (like an OS) was hosted on a platform that removed the operations work from their plate, like Github pages or Vercel. They don't need it to be a demo of their work, and it's frankly not a good one if it were.
Rocky Linux has definitely had multiple releases: https://rockylinux.org/
I'm not sure what that Vercel site is, maybe a supply-chain attack of some kind.
I'm not sure what that Vercel site is, maybe a supply-chain attack of some kind.
Or Vercel is just a commercial web host that the person who volunteered to maintain the docs likes to use?
The headline seems to imply that it’s some kind of gotcha that the marketing for an OS is being served by a different OS.
I don’t see what the issue is. Web hosts and Linux distros are a dime a dozen. It sounds impractical to choose a hosting company based on what flavor of Linux is used instead of the price and features of the platform you upload the site to.
The headline seems to imply that it’s some kind of gotcha that the marketing for an OS is being served by a different OS.
I don’t see what the issue is. Web hosts and Linux distros are a dime a dozen. It sounds impractical to choose a hosting company based on what flavor of Linux is used instead of the price and features of the platform you upload the site to.
Relevant: TIL that Microsoft uses SAP software, despite competing with SAP with its own ERP software (Microsoft Dynamics) <https://np.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1jo08m3/til_t...>
I am guessing the vercel page is an old one, considering the 2020 trademark at the bottom of it.