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They’re probably talking about most desktop Linux distributions, which are less stable than what servers are running both because servers run distros with packa
by kitsunesoba 4y ago
They’re probably talking about most desktop Linux distributions, which are less stable than what servers are running both because servers run distros with packages that are older and more polished and because servers don’t usually have hardware with notoriously troublesome drivers (e.g. Broadcom, Nvidia, some Realtek stuff, etc).
Of course desktop users can tailor their machines to use with Linux and also run something like Debian but it’s more likely they’re using whatever computer they happened to have and running Ubuntu (or one of its many derivatives), Fedora, or Arch which are indeed more likely on average to break. I know because I’ve seen it happen several times in my own usage.
- acomjean 4y agoI went from Mac to Linux. POPos was what the machine came with. It’s very stable though the UI took a little getting used to, it’s not as big a change as I expected. The upside is Bioinformatics tools run natively and it saves me from doing all my work on the cluster (just finished a multi day run that was “quick” using all 16 of my cpu cores. ).
- chris_wot 4y agoI run Linux on my 2015 iMac. Just upgraded it to Ubuntu 12.10, works great and loving the latest Gnome.
- michaelcampbell 4y ago> which are indeed more likely on average to break Maybe; it's not happened to me in 15 or so years, but people have different experiences. That said, "more likely on average to break" is a far, FAR cry from "it works, if you're lucky".