Re: [PLUG] ubuntu or debian

2022-11-17 Thread elcaset
I also would recommend MX, & possibly even Spiral Linux. Spiral Linux isn't as proven as MX, but they do offer a Mate version. https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mx https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=spiral

Re: [PLUG] ubuntu or debian

2022-11-17 Thread Patrick O'Connor
Keith, Ubuntu just recently extend their LTS support to be on par with redhat's lifecycle. If you want to go debian I think mxlinux would suit your criteria well. It's based on debian stable but has easy installation of proprietary drivers. They backport newer software to debian stable so

Re: [PLUG] ubuntu or debian

2022-11-17 Thread Larry Brigman
Ubuntu server? On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 9:33 PM Ben Koenig wrote: > --- Original Message --- > On Thursday, November 17th, 2022 at 8:54 PM, Keith Lofstrom < > kei...@kl-ic.com> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 06:34:42PM -0800, Randy Bush wrote: > > > > > ubuntu has drivers for

Re: [PLUG] ubuntu or debian

2022-11-17 Thread Ben Koenig
--- Original Message --- On Thursday, November 17th, 2022 at 8:54 PM, Keith Lofstrom 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

Re: [PLUG] ubuntu or debian

2022-11-17 Thread Keith Lofstrom
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

Re: [PLUG] ubuntu or debian

2022-11-17 Thread Ben Koenig
--- Original Message --- On Thursday, November 17th, 2022 at 6:27 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > I hate the mount command (John Jason Jordan) > > > If I correctly understood that thread, John's "problem" > is that mount and df and other commands are designed for > "real" file systems,

Re: [PLUG] ubuntu or debian

2022-11-17 Thread Randy Bush
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 randy

[PLUG] ubuntu or debian

2022-11-17 Thread Keith Lofstrom
>I hate the mount command (John Jason Jordan) If I correctly understood that thread, John's "problem" is that mount and df and other commands are designed for "real" file systems, not ubuntu snaps, which Canonical pretends are file systems, spewing a crap-ton of line noise when querying. I