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Once you get beyond keyboard shortcuts and stuff (which isn't the distro, it's the window/desktop manager), the thing to evaluate is the package manager (how ar
by banachtarski 10y ago
Once you get beyond keyboard shortcuts and stuff (which isn't the distro, it's the window/desktop manager), the thing to evaluate is the package manager (how are files laid out, how are releases done, how do rollbacks happen, how is the kernel updated, etc). Along with that, what init system is used, how sane the defaults are, etc. Beyond that, I think about how community packages work, and how good the documentation is for, well everything.
Ubuntu loses in every one of these categories for me compared to Arch.
- Shorel 10y agoI politely disagree about the package manager, and I think that Ubuntu model is the best of both worlds: PPAs are the best thing ever for any software I want to have cutting edge (community packages), and stable packages are better for the rest. The documentation is also very good. The init system has been changing and I don't have an opinion about it, except that it seems systemd took over the world and any alternatives will die. I can only conclude that we are both fanboys.