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Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by Daviey »

rasengan wrote: post #3

> TPM-backed full-disk encryption This is going to be very useful for servers hosted in third party DCs.

Keeping the key in the same room as the padlock only protects against casual drive theft and secure disposal.

Personally I'm more worried about someone stealing the entire server or a local threat actor.

Sure, keep TPM to help with boot integrity, maybe even a factor for unlock, but things like Clevis+Tang (or Bitlock Network Unlock for our windows brethren) is essential in my opinion.

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by azalemeth »

I know that the interim releases had issues with zfs and trying to update gave the message "Sorry, cannot upgrade this system to 25.04 right now System freezes have been observed on upgrades to 25.04 with ZFS enabled. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PluckyPuffin/ReleaseNotes for more information. "

The release notes don't seem to mention zfs. I hope these issues have been fixed?

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by satvikpendem »

compounding_it wrote: post #9
satvikpendem wrote: post #7

What should I use if I like Ubuntu but not snap, just Debian? Or are there alternatives around? Seems like Ubuntu has the best hardware and driver support so just curious what's new in Linux land.

PopOS

This looks like it might be the best solution, no snap, maintained by an actual system integrator and laptop maker, and I also like the new Rust-based desktop environment. I wonder how well it runs on Framework laptops or MacBooks as well.

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by Gigachad »

WD-42 wrote: post #20
teekert wrote: post #19

It's nice as always, but I have some issues. * Select - Middle-click paste does not seem to work * When something requires a password (ie just tried a bitlocker volume) the whole screen is blocked, so no password manager for you (unless you copy it before, or cancel - unplug drive-copy password - replug drive - paste.) * The default tiling does not jive with me, sometimes I don't even know what it wants (it always tr…

Select middle click not working is a stupid decision from GNOME to disable in 50. You can turn it back on with the tweak tool.

Probably changed to work the same as macos. Not sure if windows does middle click paste.

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by tormeh »

ntoskrnl_exe wrote: post #16
dima55 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Debian is great, and is where the distro development actually happens. What doesn't it do that you want?

I’m curious about proprietary Nvidia drivers. Ubuntu normally comes with fairly outdated, if not obsolete ones, but there’s a semi-official PPA with more recent versions. How does Debian handle this?

I think Pop does Nvidia well, but have no real experience with that.

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by Gigachad »

rasengan wrote: post #3

> TPM-backed full-disk encryption This is going to be very useful for servers hosted in third party DCs.

I want this on my own homeserver. Protection against someone stealing the server without requiring me to type a password every boot.

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by jwrallie »

satvikpendem wrote: post #7

What should I use if I like Ubuntu but not snap, just Debian? Or are there alternatives around? Seems like Ubuntu has the best hardware and driver support so just curious what's new in Linux land.

Now Debian is packaging non-free drivers in the iso images directly. I would suggest to try Debian first, if it works well for you just keep it.

If you feel the need for newer packages, try other alternatives (or Debian unstable). I’ve set down on Fedora with XFCE, it’s really stable yet packages feel new.

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by compounding_it »

satvikpendem wrote: post #23
compounding_it wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

PopOS

This looks like it might be the best solution, no snap, maintained by an actual system integrator and laptop maker, and I also like the new Rust-based desktop environment. I wonder how well it runs on Framework laptops or MacBooks as well.

Runs great on framework. Not sure about COSMIC on asahi.

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by dima55 »

ntoskrnl_exe wrote: post #16
dima55 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Debian is great, and is where the distro development actually happens. What doesn't it do that you want?

I’m curious about proprietary Nvidia drivers. Ubuntu normally comes with fairly outdated, if not obsolete ones, but there’s a semi-official PPA with more recent versions. How does Debian handle this?

Debian has their own nvidia driver packages (it's nvidia's drivers repackaged in a nice way that integrates with the system well). I can't say if they're "outdated" or how different they are from what ubuntu ships, but they've always worked very well for me.

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by NekkoDroid »

Gigachad wrote: post #24
WD-42 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Select middle click not working is a stupid decision from GNOME to disable in 50. You can turn it back on with the tweak tool.

Probably changed to work the same as macos. Not sure if windows does middle click paste.

> Not sure if windows does middle click paste.

It doesn't. X was the only place I know of where that was a thing.

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