[PLUG] Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

Thomas Groman tgrom.automail at nuegia.net
Wed May 29 00:49:16 UTC 2019


On Tue, 28 May 2019 14:48:53 -0700
Darren Couch <dcouch at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've gone back and forth with distros for a long time.  Ubuntu works
> fine for me - I don't have the rolling release blues like I often got
> with Arch, or the ancient tools like I did with Debian or CentOS.
> I like deb over rpm based solely on what I got used to.
> If I need the bleeding edge of something odds are there is a PPA out
> there making it happen.
> Started in Ubuntu in the 5.x era.  Running 19.04 at home at the
> moment. Anymore I don't like having to spend ages setting up a
> development box.  I want mostly stable with the toolchains I need.
> Ubuntu fits the bill for me.
> 
> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 9:02 AM Paul Heinlein <heinlein at madboa.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 27 May 2019, Tomas Kuchta wrote:
> >  
> > > What is this about? Are you honestly asking question about someone
> > > elses opinion? Are you willing to accept the answers? What ever
> > > they may be?
> > >
> > > Obviously, the answer to your question - what is the best Linux
> > > distro - is 42.
> > >
> > > 42 - Because it depends on what is the the question and who is
> > >      asking it.  
> >
> > +1
> >
> > Draw up your list of requirements, which might include
> >
> > * stability
> > * support for a certain application
> > * bleeding-edge software
> > * scalable administration
> > * good desktop interface
> > * support for specific or niche hardware
> > * minimal disk/RAM footprint
> > * commercial technical support
> > * ease of installation
> > * ease of administration
> >
> > and then locate a distribution that fits your requirements. I find
> > it difficult to believe that after 25 years of Linux distribution
> > releases people are still looking for one distribution that will
> > check all those boxes (as well as others I didn't list). None is
> > perfect; each pursues certain priorities at the expense of others.
> >
> > --
> > Paul Heinlein
> > heinlein at madboa.com
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> 
> 

Why not just run Debian/Devuan Testing?



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