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Re: Ask HN: What Next After Ubuntu?

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Post by irusensei »

Using Nobara (AKA a copy of glorious eggroll’s hard disk - jk!) which is Fedora based with tons of kernel patches and packages for the new gaming and video editing stuff. Really good stuff. Things like steam being able to use rumble on xone which never worked to me basically works out of the box.

On my servers I use manjaro, not a personal choice but because those are Pine based hardware and it seems manjaro-arm has been very well maintained. The actual software is being run from LXC containers which are mostly alpine and ubuntu.

Re: Ask HN: What Next After Ubuntu?

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Post by chubot »

ploum wrote: post #136
perihelions wrote: post #41

- "something that will be stable and supported for the next twenty years" Then the safest bet is to choose something that was popular and stable twenty years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect ( "...the longer a period something has survived to exist or be used in the present, the longer its remaining life expectancy" ) You *probably* just want Debian. There's many reasonable options but that one's the S…

I want to highlight this answer. Ubuntu is completely based upon Debian. Going back to Debian ensure familiarity with tools (like apt). Also, the longer release cycle is perfectly adapted for people using only Ubuntu LTS (which, in itself, is quite awkward as Ubuntu was created to allow short release cycle for desktop users). There’s also multiple companies offering Debian support if needed. And it can safely be assu…

Honest question: how is Debian's hardware compatibility compared to Ubuntu?

My impression is that Ubuntu had people testing it on modern hardware, either on the Canonical side, or perhaps on the Dell side (even though I don't own any Dell now)

About 10 years ago I installed Debian on a desktop, and I remember having graphics issues that I didn't have with Ubuntu.

I guess I needed the proprietary driver that Ubuntu offered? I don't remember exactly. Probably some nvidia crap

But either way, I just want to buy some hardware and have the graphics and sound work.

Is Ubuntu currently any better than Debian in that regard? Do they have more testing, or are they the same now?

Re: Ask HN: What Next After Ubuntu?

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Post by jmclnx »

I do not know what a "Pro agenda means", but you looking for a Linux ? To me the kernel itself is highly "corporatized".

So, I would try OpenBSD or maybe FreeBSD. Note, for OpenBSD, Nvidia Graphics are a no-go.

Re: Ask HN: What Next After Ubuntu?

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Post by 8jy89hui »

gaganyaan wrote: post #137

I'm liking NixOS thus far. I've got it installed on my personal laptop. It's got some rough edges, but the benefits for me outweigh the downsides. I really like affordances like "nix-shell -p foo" to just run a shell with the "foo" command in it for one-off usages, instead of slowly accumulating installed apt packages that I forgot why I installed them. Similarly, having any custom configuration inside of "configurat…

> It's got some rough edges

I've recently been looking really hard at NixOS as a possible next-step. (I use Manjaro and am particularly interested in ways to keep my Laptop and Desktop in sync)

I've heard that the documentation can be pretty lackluster at times. Are there any other rough edges I should know about?

Re: Ask HN: What Next After Ubuntu?

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Post by hanniabu »

pessimizer wrote: post #151
hanniabu wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, if there's one thing open source projects are known for, it's dated websites

Debian's website isn't dated, it's constantly updated and a wonderful, comprehensive resource. Unless you're bikeshedding about rounded corners or something.

You can have a constantly updated grate resource that's still dated. Dated is in reference to the UI.

Re: Ask HN: What Next After Ubuntu?

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Post by squarefoot »

You seem to want the real thing, that is, Debian.

However, if you need something really small and fast, mostly for VMs or servers, although it can also be turned int a full fledged, still very resource efficient desktop, take also a look at Alpine Linux. Musl makes all the difference there.

Then, should someone with no prior Linux experience ask you to install a desktop for them, I would go with Manjaro, which to me is the most straightforward, while still not bloated, for new users.

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