One of the other options is to start with ubuntu server ( http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server). It will give you a very clean starting point and you can just install what you actually need. I don't use Unity, so I never start with that. I tend to lean towards XFCE or i3. If you're more comfortable with the RH/CentOS ecosystem, then Fedora Core is a solid choice. I believe that's what Linus Torvalds uses.
- Chris On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 1:18 PM, Tom Buskey <t...@buskey.name> wrote: > I've tended to use CentOS for the server; at work they want RHEL and > support. With CentOS 5 and 6, I've found the desktop widgets to be > lagging. With Ubuntu (and Mint and other derivatives) there tend to be > more desktop tools and they're kept up to date. Everything is an apt-get > install away. > > On my desktop, I want to play videos, music, talk to a sound card, > graphics card, office suites, IDEs. I don't need that on my servers and > it's ok if things are a bit behind. > > I'd check out Mint as an alternative to Ubuntu before going to a CentOS > desktop. > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Richard Kolb II <richard.k...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Not exactly related, but I just switched from windows 7 on my primary >> machine to Ubuntu 16.x LTS. I found it horribly slow, which surprised me >> considering it's a faster machine, more ram, and an SSD, over my 14.x LTS >> machine. I then tried Ubuntu Mate and I may just jump over to Centos. >> >> Maybe I need to poke at what services I have running first. >> >> >> Richard Kolb II >> >> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Tom Buskey <t...@buskey.name> wrote: >> >>> I've been working with CentOS 6/7 based Openstack but have some Ubuntu. >>> >>> FWIW, I prefer the 16.x Ubuntu with SystemD to Upstart. I've found it >>> easier to learn with CentOS man pages than Ubuntu. >>> >>> I end up using service and chkconfig to start/stop and enable/disable. >>> >>> I've found initctl for Upstart vs systemctl for systemd. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio <k...@jots.org> wrote: >>> >>>> I believe Ubuntu is perhaps one of the lesser-used distros in GNHLUG >>>> land, but I'm hoping someone here might be able to offer some insight. >>>> >>>> I've got an Openstack install on Ubuntu 14.04 host systems, and after a >>>> hurricane-induced power outage over the weekend, one of our hosts won't >>>> boot -- it fails (seemingly) at loading an Openstack Neutron service. >>>> So, I figure I'll go into /etc/init.d/ and just chmod -x all the suspect >>>> services, see if it boots, and then manually load services. Not so >>>> much; that had zero apparent impact on the services loading. >>>> >>>> So then I did some reading up on Upstart, and found a whole bunch of >>>> places that the services *might* be loading from... none of which seemed >>>> to impact stuff. I currently have the host booted by some serious >>>> cheating (I pulled a disk, went to "manual repair mode" when it whined >>>> about not being able to mount devices, and loaded services from there -- >>>> it completely fails to boot single-user), but how in blazes do I: >>>> >>>> * See what services want to be loaded? >>>> * See *where* they get loaded? >>>> * Load them individually? >>>> >>>> I've found some of the services mentioned in /etc/init/, /etc/init.d/, >>>> /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/, /lib/systemd/system/, >>>> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/ and >>>> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/ . >>>> I tried playing around with most (all?) of those locations, to no avail. >>>> Any insight into what I'm doing wrong would truly be most appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> -Ken >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >>>> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >>>> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >>> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >>> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > >
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