Ubuntu server? On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 9:33 PM Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote:
> ------- Original Message ------- > On Thursday, November 17th, 2022 at 8:54 PM, Keith Lofstrom < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 06:34:42PM -0800, Randy Bush wrote: > > > > > ubuntu has drivers for almost all kinky hardware > > > debian does not, but may move that way > > > ubuntu for laptops, debian for servers, is my use pattern > > > > > > There are some places in the world, with specialized > > jobs and tools, where a properly equipped person can > > honestly say "YOU CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY DOGSLEDS!" > > > > For my office, and my job, I can (and DO) have too many > > operating systems. > > > > My goal is to have fewer machines using one operating system, > > and focus my time and attention on writing, math, science, > > engineering, invention, and learning. > > > > I want to pay as much attention to operating systems as I > > do to my gutters ... which we finish replacing tomorrow, > > using materials that will outlast me, and perhaps my wife. > > > > Like the rainwater in my gutters, I want my data to flow > > without turbulence or leaks. I don't want two kinds of > > gutters, or operating systems. > > > > Indeed, debian is suboptimal for my laptops, and ubuntu > > is suboptimal for my servers, but two distros are > > suboptimal for the limited mind-space I can devote to > > them. Which distro is least-suboptimal for both jobs? > > Which distro will be least-suboptimal in ten years? > > > > Note that I cannot afford to hire a sysadmin - and I've > > tried to do so with what little I can afford. > > > > Keith > > > > -- > > Keith Lofstrom [email protected] > > You said you have old Thinkpad T60 laptops. > https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/T60/lenny > > I doubt debian will be anything other than out-of-the-box on your > Thinkpads. And even IF (that's a really big if) debian is a PITA to run on > your laptops, it will always be the same PITA. On Debian - Any hoops you > jump through now will be the same hoops people jumped through 10 years ago. > The same cannot be said for Ubuntu. > > The Ubuntu I used in 2010 is dead. It's gone and it never came back no > matter how many people complained. In 2032 the Ubuntu everyone is using > today will be gone. >
