On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 18:45 Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can I rely on Ubuntu/MATE and apt/deb into the future? > > Many on the plug list use Ubuntu or derivatives like Mint. > > I am moving to MATE Ubuntu LTS from 20+ years of Red Hat > Enterprise Linux derivatives because Red Hat has moved to > "stream" distros and Gnome3. Keeping my own cheezy coding > hacks working in the Gnome3 environment is Too Hard. > > Rocky Linux isn't an option because they don't support > MATE/Gnome2, while my vision and coordination does not > support Gnome3. > > I've migrated systems towards Ubuntu-MATE 20.04 LTS and > apt/deb for months. It meets my needs, but will support > endure? > > I'm dabbling with Ubuntu 22.04.1 "beta" now; the release > was scheduled for Thursday August 4, but delayed a week > because of a problem with "snaps", Ubuntu's walled-garden > package system. > > This may not bode well for the future; while I can > configure gnome packages and Debian apt, Canonical may > stop supporting that. > > I'm not looking for a fashionable distro - I'm looking > for a stable and secure distro on which I can build > and maintain my own content (mostly huge numerical > simulation jobs written in C, with graphical output). > > Is it reasonable to assume Ubuntu MATE will endure for > a decade or two? Or is it more reasonable to rely on > Debian MATE? > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom [email protected] Have you checked out distrowatch.com? I use it for questions like yours… Jeff > <[email protected]> > -- Cheers, Jeff
