# Rocky Linux as daily driver **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-Topic\ **Created:** [November 7, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-as-daily-driver/4480 "2021-11-07T12:41:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eismckwadraat19](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eismckwadraat19](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Eismckwadraat19)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-as-daily-driver/4480/1 "2021-11-07T12:41:46Z")
Hi folks, I just installed Rocky Linux. I have used many distros but these were not stable. but now that i look at the forum and all the documentation i wonder if i’m on the right track. Can use rocky linux as my default desktop for study? or is it mainly suitable for servers? ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-as-daily-driver/4480/2 "2021-11-07T18:23:50Z")
Yes (for some definition of “for study”). We’ve had CentOS _work_stations for a decade or so. There might not be all bells and whistles, but IMHO, there is enough. ---
**Author:** ![ligenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/ligenix/32/1285_2.png) [@ligenix](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/ligenix)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-as-daily-driver/4480/3 "2021-11-07T20:05:40Z")
Hi, I use CentOS 7, and now Rocky 8, as my daily basis for my default desktop since the end of 2014. I am also used to managing some [COPR projects](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/ligenix/enterprise-desktop/), to add or update what is missing for my personal needs. ---
**Author:** ![label](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@label](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/label)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-as-daily-driver/4480/4 "2021-11-08T02:14:12Z")
I used to run CentOS as a desktop for a long time before going to Fedora (around CentOS 7’s release). It’s usable and there are plenty of folks out there that do. If there are special things you want, there is always flatpaks and stuff from epel and rpmfusion that can help you along the way. ---
**Author:** ![RL1000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RL1000](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/RL1000)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-as-daily-driver/4480/5 "2021-11-08T02:55:52Z")
I had been using Fedora workstation for years, and then the upgrade from Fedora 33 to 34 bricked the OS. I wanted something more stable and long term supported and switched to Rocky Linux. I am very happy with it as a desktop / workstation. Much thanks and kudos to the developers of RL! ---
**Author:** ![synack2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/synack2/32/1349_2.png) [@synack2](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/synack2)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-as-daily-driver/4480/6 "2021-11-08T02:56:34Z")
I don’t know I have never used any other version of Linux except RedHat, CentOS and Rocky. ---
**Author:** ![Cphusion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/cphusion/32/3235_2.png) [@Cphusion](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Cphusion)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-as-daily-driver/4480/8 "2023-05-12T18:42:37Z")
I’ve ran Scientific Linux 7 as a desktop for a while, eventually I ran into issues with strange glitches in games and some not working properly. I later then switched to Ubuntu and those same games ran fine without issues so I believe it was because of RHEL clones shipping with older libraries and software that they aren’t the best gaming platforms. Although I am running all my gaming on Fedora using Flatpaks for Steam and Lutris, rungs great! I would have liked to try that with Rocky but since I have gotten used to having btrfs as my filesystem, I really don’t want to run a distribution on my desktop without btrfs and unfortunately btrfs hasn’t made it to RHEL and I don’t know if it ever will. ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-as-daily-driver/4480/9 "2023-05-12T20:15:09Z")
> [@Cphusion](#): > > btrfs hasn’t made it to RHEL and I don’t know if it ever will. Btrfs was a _tech preview_ in RHEL 6 and early RHEL 7, but was dropped. See [Chapter 4. Btrfs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Red Hat Customer Portal](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/storage_administration_guide/ch-btrfs) and [Red Hat banishes Btrfs from RHEL • The Register](https://www.theregister.com/2017/08/16/red_hat_banishes_btrfs_from_rhel/) The glorious “_Return of the BTRFS_” seems very unlikely plot for a sequel at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Cphusion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/cphusion/32/3235_2.png) [@Cphusion](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Cphusion)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-as-daily-driver/4480/10 "2023-05-12T20:56:24Z")
> [@jlehtone](#): > > The glorious “_Return of the BTRFS_” seems very unlikely plot for a sequel at this point. That’s too bad because it’s actually a good filesystem for a desktop and a workstation and could be useful for some server use cases. And I’m not getting the idea Stratis is really getting big and you can’t even setup Stratis from within the Anaconda installer to use it to install your system on, which is kind of disappointing since it seemed Stratis was Redhat’s answer to btrfs(I think, since I haven’t really used it only read about it?). ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-as-daily-driver/4480/11 "2023-08-25T03:14:48Z")