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>> I find that ubuntu generally has more disadvantages. Examples please?

by niyazpk 11y ago

nickysielicki 11y ago
It's just a lot of little things... It's not that ubuntu is bad, it's just that, well, there is no reason to use ubuntu when there are distributions that do much more much better. - PPA's are perhaps the most terrible way of providing more up to date packages than what is available in main repos. Typically they'll 404. You're also trusting some random person on the internet to maintain your system. I much prefer arch PKGBUILDs. - You'll commonly find out of date packages. As a developer this is particularly frustrating. I don't want to just unpack an archive to my rootfs. I also don't want to wrestle debuild just to get a newer library. I understand that LTS support is important, but it really isn't that important. - The whole amazon fiasco from a few years back ticks me off. Yeah, I know you could disable it. It's just that they did that by default in the first place. - upstart sucks, and in spite of the fact that they're moving/moved, they hung on too long because they are stubborn. Let me ask you this: What are the advantages of ubuntu over other linux/gnu distributions?
- nl 11y ago
  What are the advantages of ubuntu over other linux/gnu distributions? Googling for "how to install random linux software on Linux" will generally get either an Ubuntu package, or somewhat working instructions for getting it mostly going on Ubuntu. On other Linux distributions (even major ones like CentOS/Redhat) you'll often be on your own.
  - lqdc13 11y ago
    Pretty much this. Many times I can't even compile a package from source after trying for for an hour, but the author happens to have a .deb file around and everything works smoothly.
- papaf 11y ago
  I have Arch on 4 computers at home but I am typing this on Ubuntu Mate 15.04 because it was the one of the only distributions to support my Baytrail 32bit UEFI nightmare netbook. I have to say, its nice to be back. I am using the latest kernel from: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ I'm also running systemd - although Ubuntu did it right. I also get a working syslog and for the first time ever it isn't annoying me. I have been really impressed with the helpful hacker culture .. and yes I am still talking about Ubuntu.
- karmakaze 11y ago
  Are we discussing distros in a desktop context? I haven't used many recent ones to comment. As for server context, having the repo sources used and documented by many is a big plus. Both Debian and CentOS have failed me more frequently.

>> I find that ubuntu generally has more disadvantages. Examples please?

by niyazpk 11y ago

>> I find that ubuntu generally has more disadvantages. Examples please?

It's just a lot of little things... It's not that ubuntu is bad, it's just that, well, there is no reason to use ubuntu when there are distributions that do much more much better. - PPA's are perhaps the most terrible way of providing more up to date packages than what is available in main repos. Typically they'll 404. You're also trusting some random person on the internet to maintain your system. I much prefer arch PKGBUILDs. - You'll commonly find out of date packages. As a developer this is particularly frustrating. I don't want to just unpack an archive to my rootfs. I also don't want to wrestle debuild just to get a newer library. I understand that LTS support is important, but it really isn't that important. - The whole amazon fiasco from a few years back ticks me off. Yeah, I know you could disable it. It's just that they did that by default in the first place. - upstart sucks, and in spite of the fact that they're moving/moved, they hung on too long because they are stubborn. Let me ask you this: What are the advantages of ubuntu over other linux/gnu distributions?

nl 11y ago
What are the advantages of ubuntu over other linux/gnu distributions? Googling for "how to install random linux software on Linux" will generally get either an Ubuntu package, or somewhat working instructions for getting it mostly going on Ubuntu. On other Linux distributions (even major ones like CentOS/Redhat) you'll often be on your own.
- lqdc13 11y ago
  Pretty much this. Many times I can't even compile a package from source after trying for for an hour, but the author happens to have a .deb file around and everything works smoothly.
papaf 11y ago
I have Arch on 4 computers at home but I am typing this on Ubuntu Mate 15.04 because it was the one of the only distributions to support my Baytrail 32bit UEFI nightmare netbook. I have to say, its nice to be back. I am using the latest kernel from: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ I'm also running systemd - although Ubuntu did it right. I also get a working syslog and for the first time ever it isn't annoying me. I have been really impressed with the helpful hacker culture .. and yes I am still talking about Ubuntu.
karmakaze 11y ago
Are we discussing distros in a desktop context? I haven't used many recent ones to comment. As for server context, having the repo sources used and documented by many is a big plus. Both Debian and CentOS have failed me more frequently.