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When was the last time you tried to seriously use linux? Server linux and linux on personal computing devices are not the same thing at all so not sure why you

When was the last time you tried to seriously use linux? Server linux and linux on personal computing devices are not the same thing at all so not sure why you brought that up. In reality most of the hardware related pain points disappeared in 2012'ish and now there are many user friendly distros that just work out of the box. My grandma uses linux.

dkonofalski 7y ago
>Server linux and linux on personal computing devices are not the same thing at all Umm... they literally are. They're the Linux kernel except the desktop versions have a window manager running on top of them that handles the GUI which typically isn't found on a server. Drivers, packages, and scripting is all done exactly the same way on both. You don't know what you're talking about. Please exit the conversation.
- computerex 7y ago
  > You don't know what you're talking about. Please exit the conversation. First of all, stop with the personal attacks and inflammatory baits. Take them to reddit please. Read over these: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > They're the Linux kernel except the desktop versions have a window manager running on top of them that handles the GUI which typically isn't found on a server. Bingo! Servers are designed to run rock solid stable distributions with the minimum amount of software necessary to get the job done. Desktop distributions come with a desktop environment that allow the users to do things like pick a wifi network or change audio volume. At work we use alpine linux docker images which do not come with even a text editor. They are two very unique use cases. No one sane runs web servers with a full blown Ubuntu desktop distribution because the overhead would be insane. This is one of the reasons why linux servers are so common, and dominate the market share, because they don't have to run full blown desktop environments that'll never be used. Comparing desktop linux distributions to linux servers is like comparing a ferrari to a honda civic, because both of them are internal combustion engine cars.

dkonofalski 7y ago

>Server linux and linux on personal computing devices are not the same thing at all Umm... they literally are. They're the Linux kernel except the desktop versions have a window manager running on top of them that handles the GUI which typically isn't found on a server. Drivers, packages, and scripting is all done exactly the same way on both. You don't know what you're talking about. Please exit the conversation.

computerex 7y ago
> You don't know what you're talking about. Please exit the conversation. First of all, stop with the personal attacks and inflammatory baits. Take them to reddit please. Read over these: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > They're the Linux kernel except the desktop versions have a window manager running on top of them that handles the GUI which typically isn't found on a server. Bingo! Servers are designed to run rock solid stable distributions with the minimum amount of software necessary to get the job done. Desktop distributions come with a desktop environment that allow the users to do things like pick a wifi network or change audio volume. At work we use alpine linux docker images which do not come with even a text editor. They are two very unique use cases. No one sane runs web servers with a full blown Ubuntu desktop distribution because the overhead would be insane. This is one of the reasons why linux servers are so common, and dominate the market share, because they don't have to run full blown desktop environments that'll never be used. Comparing desktop linux distributions to linux servers is like comparing a ferrari to a honda civic, because both of them are internal combustion engine cars.