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There is. Don’t install Ubuntu. Use Debian.
by noncoml 6y ago
There is. Don’t install Ubuntu. Use Debian.
- ip26 6y agoThe above might come across as flip, but I think it's actually spot on. Why would a mission critical or metered-connection-only machine be running the latest Ubuntu desktop anyway? Match the tool to the job.
- indigodaddy 6y agoIt usually wouldn’t even be running Debian. More likely CentOS/RHEL/Suse or a Solaris.
- noncoml 6y agoThat's the beauty of Linux Distros. We are spoiled for choice.
- SomeoneFromCA 6y agoOr even, gasp, *BSD.
- ashtonkem 6y agoUbuntu has a real problem here; Desktop Linux users are much more mobile than other OS users. If you’ve installed Ubuntu, you’re fully capable of installing at least Debian, and probably any other Linux distro.
- curt15 6y agoGoogle rebased their in-house workstation OS from Ubuntu to Debian a few years ago. https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-moves-to-debian-for-in-house-linux-desktop/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-moves-to-debian-for-in-... I wonder if snaps a contributing factor.