Linux would seem to make sense for a server since it can be configured for that specific task and doesn’t need the flexibility to play a wide variety of other roles.
Paul > On Jan 26, 2022, at 6:40 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Jan 26, 2022, at 2:31 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I don’t know much about a Linux but I would guess it’s only rarely updated. >> If it had all the capability you need, you wouldn’t have to worry about the >> policy of other OS providers. >> >> Paul > > Software on a Linux system is not provided from a monolithic source. Pretty > much every program has people who maintain it, and since for the most part > the source code is published, if there is a problem pretty much anyone > theoretically has the opportunity to fix a bug. As such, updates and patches > happen constantly, though most people get them through the people who publish > their preferred distribution. > > As to Linux, the operating system itself, 96% of the world’s top 1 million > servers run Linux. > > Looking at this article: > https://hostingtribunal.com/blog/linux-statistics/ > > • In 2021, 100% of the world’s top 500 supercomputers run on Linux. > • Out of the top 25 websites in the world, only 2 aren’t using Linux. > • 96.3% of the world’s top 1 million servers run on Linux. > • 90% of all cloud infrastructure operates on Linux > > Android runs on Linux and has 75% of the mobile OS market > > 85% of all smartphones are based on Linux. > > In short the only thing I currently need that I can’t do on Linux is run > Lightroom, and now I suppose scrivener. Unfortunately, that accounts for a > tremendous amount of my time using a computer and there aren’t any programs > I’ve found that work quite as well for doing what I need to do. With a 12 > year investment in my lightroom catalog I’m kind of locked into using it for > a while. > > > -- > Larry Colen > [email protected]. sent from ret4est > > > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
