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I’ve realized that by swapping between arch and fedora that much of what I have learned of linux isnt applicable to the workplace where ubuntu and redhat is more common.
Considering switching to ubuntu or ubuntu core as main machine and running a gpu passthrough to a windows vm for gaming and media editing, maybe another vm for private browsing etc...
Is ubuntu a solid choice? Thoughts on ubuntu core? Will using a LTS branch mean losing out on new features so much that I have a worse experience
>How to upgrade to Debian (next-stable) Testing >... >To upgrade to testing from current stable, if you have already installed the stable release: >Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file... >Remove or comment out your stable security updates line(s) (anything with security.debian.org in it).
then it goes on to say
>If you are tracking testing or the next-stable code name, you should always have a corresponding deb security.debian.org -security main line in your /etc/apt/sources.list . >...
So the first part says to comment out any line with security.debian.org, but then right after it says to make sure you have a security.debian.org line. what gives?
So I have finally tried flatpak and I'm honestly impressed. Usually to install Steam on my amd64 Debian I have to jump through quite a lot of hoops, add i386 foreign architecture, reinstall some libraries as i386, reinstall nvidia drivers as i386, make sure they are the correct version, hope X won't crash, reboot, hope X won't crash again. But with flatpak I had to install flatpak and Steam itself and it just werks, it is contained and it adds no i386 trash to my system.
For common distros used in a workplace, CentOS may be the more widely used choice, as it is basically identical to RedHat.
For both Ubuntu and CentOS, I personally strongly despise their default desktop environments. If you are on powerful machines with lots of RAM, fast processors, and good video cards, then this may not be a concern. Otherwise, Id recommend XFCE on CentOS, or if using an Ubuntu variant, then Lubuntu, Xubuntu, or maybe something like Ubuntu Mate.
GNOME and KDE are extramemely bloated, and I find them to be unprofessional, since they utilize a shit ton of system resources for bullshit
nvme0n1 259:0 0 232.9G 0 disk ─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 200M 0 part /boot ─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 225G 0 part / ─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 7.7G 0 part [SWAP] . . . ─sdb4 8:20 0 874.6G 0 part /media/DATA_UDF
Jaxson Wilson
alright fuckers, I was willing to give shitnux a try but I keep getting 'ubi-partman failed with exit code 141' when trying to install kubuntu on an old laptop with an SSD
This is the last time I am giving this OS a try if this can't get resolved. Googling only increases the clusterfuckerage of the problem because no two people can come to the same conclusion.
This is your chance to make me a convert, otherwise I am going back to windows, where everything starts up like it should 99 percent of the time.
128M: /boot, vfat, esp type (bootloader, kernel, initramfs) rest: /, btrfs, linux fs type (/ and /home as subvolumes)
Noah Wilson
I forgot a few things: Arch has /tmp on a tmpfs, and I also have ~/tmp on a tmpfs
Carson Cruz
alright, you have ONE chance to impress me. What distro should I try. I don't need something that holds your hand, but I at least want something that WORKS.
Owen Torres
protip: you can have multiple distros on a single partition simply by putting their roots on different btrfs subvolumes
First of all, your root partition and home directory should be installed on a software RAID-1 or better yet RAID-10, preferably consisting of SSDs. Hardware RAIDs are botnets, and you need better redundancy and speed, thus the choice of RAID-1 or RAID-10
Since you are using a software RAID for root, you need a separate /boot partition. I like to use 1GiB.
/var should also be on a separate partition so it doesnt fill your space with logs or cache. since /var gets written to a lot, it should not be on an SSD. /var isnt as important for data integrity, so a RAID isnt required here, but is still preferred.
so at a bare minimum, your system should consist of 2x SSDs in RAID-1 and an HDD for /var. Ideally, your system should consist of 4x SSDs in RAID-10 for root and /home, and 4x HDDs in RAID-10 for /var and maybe a separate /data partition for bulk data
Adam Green
>KDE You got memed by the under aged Pewdipie fan club.
Bentley Murphy
upgrade Manjaro to Parabola.
Jack Sullivan
yes
Hudson Ortiz
Lubuntu you fucking retard
Adam Ross
Linux Mint Debian Edition is alright, but kinda outdated. If you don't mind doing everything yourself try Void or Gentoo.
Owen James
bump post your testing sources.lists, fagets
im guessing the contradiction is because debian has been taken over by idiots and that page is improperly maintained
