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Curious why you say Ubuntu is not the best. What would you consider better?

j45 3y ago
Not OP, but ubuntu is among the best documented an supported, which is critical for beginners. What may not be good about Ubuntu for some is that it's too bloated and not difficult to learn for someone who wants to hang their hat on that. Moving from Ubuntu to another Debian installation, including debian is no big deal.
20after4 3y ago
Personally I think debian is the best server OS to learn. It's sufficiently similar to ubuntu that you can get away with either one really, they aren't very different as ubuntu is based on debian.
- sshine 3y ago
  I'd recommend Debian as the uncontroversial Linux server distro. But for someone who might have some Ubuntu experience and little other Linux experience, running an Ubuntu server might lead to fewer surprises. Ubuntus do ship with things that Debians don't have. I can't name any, since I don't use Ubuntu, but they're the things about which you either say "how nice!" or "how dull!"
ayoreis 3y ago
Nix?
generalizations 3y ago
I think it's a question of how sharp the tool is, and how 'idiot-proof' it's been made. Ubuntu is as idiot-proof as Linuxes go, but the more knowledgeable you get the more you find use for a sharper tool that fits your domain requirements better. Debian is molded to the server domain pretty closely; Red Hat / Rocky is ideal in regulatory environments; Alpine when the priority is to be lightweight and reliable; I run Void on my personal machines because it's the most BSD of the Linuxes and stays out of my way when I need to do weird stuff. If you're a beginner, you can append 'ubuntu' to your google searches instead of 'linux' and get an answer that makes sense. You'll know when to move on from ubuntu when you have to search 'foo bar linux' to get a usable answer.
- sam_lowry_ 3y ago
  I tend to append archlinux to google searches to get quality answers from ArchLinux Wiki.
  - generalizations 3y ago
    Heh, fair. I should see if that does any better.

j45 3y ago

Not OP, but ubuntu is among the best documented an supported, which is critical for beginners. What may not be good about Ubuntu for some is that it's too bloated and not difficult to learn for someone who wants to hang their hat on that. Moving from Ubuntu to another Debian installation, including debian is no big deal.

20after4 3y ago

Personally I think debian is the best server OS to learn. It's sufficiently similar to ubuntu that you can get away with either one really, they aren't very different as ubuntu is based on debian.

sshine 3y ago
I'd recommend Debian as the uncontroversial Linux server distro. But for someone who might have some Ubuntu experience and little other Linux experience, running an Ubuntu server might lead to fewer surprises. Ubuntus do ship with things that Debians don't have. I can't name any, since I don't use Ubuntu, but they're the things about which you either say "how nice!" or "how dull!"

ayoreis 3y ago

Nix?

generalizations 3y ago

I think it's a question of how sharp the tool is, and how 'idiot-proof' it's been made. Ubuntu is as idiot-proof as Linuxes go, but the more knowledgeable you get the more you find use for a sharper tool that fits your domain requirements better. Debian is molded to the server domain pretty closely; Red Hat / Rocky is ideal in regulatory environments; Alpine when the priority is to be lightweight and reliable; I run Void on my personal machines because it's the most BSD of the Linuxes and stays out of my way when I need to do weird stuff. If you're a beginner, you can append 'ubuntu' to your google searches instead of 'linux' and get an answer that makes sense. You'll know when to move on from ubuntu when you have to search 'foo bar linux' to get a usable answer.

sam_lowry_ 3y ago
I tend to append archlinux to google searches to get quality answers from ArchLinux Wiki.
- generalizations 3y ago
  Heh, fair. I should see if that does any better.