Wol wrote: > On 12/09/2023 08:07, Dale wrote: >> I figured out a way to install this to see what it looks like. I found >> out it doesn't support encryption. No LUKS stuff or anything. So, it >> won't work. Thinking about installing Gentoo or Ubuntu on that old >> rig. Most likely Ubuntu. I guess Debian could work too. > > Ubuntu IS Debian, for the most part. Change the Ubuntu repositories to > point at the Debian ones rather than the Ubuntu ones, dist-upgrade or > whatever it is, and you've just changed the base system. > > Debian is a community based distro, Ubuntu is just Mark Shuttleworth > providing support services on top (plus an admittedly large chunk of > value-add, if you think it's value ...) > > It goes Sid -> testing -> stable -> Ubuntu -> (X/K/L...)ubuntu > > Cheers, > Wol > >
This is good to know. If something ever happens and Ubuntu dies or no longer supports what I use, I know switching is easy enough. I thought both had the same package commands but I never seen Debian before. Just read about it a few times, mostly on here. Thanks for that info. Dale :-) :-)
