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That looks neat. Is there a downside to using a non-mainstream distribution?
by pornel 9y ago
That looks neat. Is there a downside to using a non-mainstream distribution?
- craftyguy 9y ago> Is there a downside to using a non-mainstream distribution? There are three things I can think of immediately that would make me skeptical about using a new distro vs one of the more established ones: 1) I would be worried about the maintainers supporting it with timely updates (especially around security) 2) I would be interested in how it is configured out of the box, from a security perspective and if it's a derivative of one of the mainstream distros then what changes are they making? 3) I would be interested in how they plan to work with upstream communities (i.e. that they do NOT follow the Canonical/Ubuntu model). > The OS is based on Ubuntu Oh. That's too bad.
- justin66 9y ago> That looks neat. Is there a downside to using a non-mainstream distribution? The useless, information-free response to a lot of end user requests for help on Linux tends to be "try a different distribution." If that happens 20% of the time to users of a popular distribution who ask a question online - that figure is just a guess - I can only imagine how often it will happen to users of an obscure distro.