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I dislike Ubuntu for the same reasons and I can recommend two paths: For environments where you expect and appreciate stability- Debian. Hands down. Your initi
by 404mm 4y ago
I dislike Ubuntu for the same reasons and I can recommend two paths:
For environments where you expect and appreciate stability- Debian. Hands down. Your initial feel is going to be like a leaner Ubuntu with a few extra steps (non free drivers or software). Very low learning curve.
If you don’t mind “staying on top of your OS and packages”, then I’d recommend Arch Linux for desktop (not server). There is never “end of support of any release” because it’s a rolling release distro. Do your updates regularly and you’ll be good to go. They have one of the best wiki in the Linux world and it’s a low maintenance distro once you set it all up. A bit steep learning curve at first but I’d argue that this learning is beneficial to general understanding of Linux.
- BrandoElFollito 4y agoWhy not server? Because of stability? I use Arch as my main server for 5 years or so and never had any issues. I just update when I think about it.
- 404mm 4y agoStability is great, never had any issues either. Really it’s the frequent package updates. Instead of applying security updates as needed, you are constantly updating all packages as they are released. Depending on what your server does, this may be less than ideal.
- hiq 4y ago> I just update when I think about it. What about security vulnerabilities?
- BrandoElFollito 4y agoI follow them independently (as a collateral effect of my job) - but it is good to see such comments