Linux is a nightmare – only 0.8% of sales – over 50% of reported tech issues

Re:Linux is a nightmare – only 0.8% of sales – over 50% of r... by sosodev on Monday September 18, 2023 @04:54PM (#37561899)

You do realize you're repeating the same "distro bad" rhetoric, right? It's not all helpful or even representative of the underlying problems. Every single distro has major issues. Whether or not they affect you is a crapshoot.

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Re:Linux is a nightmare – only 0.8% of sales – over 50% of r... by mananaysiempre on Monday September 18, 2023 @06:10PM (#37562787)

There are issues and there are out-of-scope uses, and cutting-edge software on Ubuntu LTS is definitely in the latter category.

If you need to run new things, you are not the target audience for LTS releases and shouldn’t be using them. Don’t expect time-travel compatibility from the backported bugfixes that an LTS calls “updates”.

That doesn’t make Ubuntu LTS bad. If you have a box that you intend to set up in a closet and forget for three years, but still don’t want to turn into a glaring security hole in six months, Ubuntu LTS with updates applied automatically or over SSH is a good choice. (Granted, I happen to think Debian is a better choice, but reasonable people can disagree here.) Just don’t expect the latest shinies from it.

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Re:Linux is a nightmare – only 0.8% of sales – over 50% of r... by brucethemoose2 on Monday September 18, 2023 @07:36PM (#37563697)

Yes, this is a better way to say it. Some tasks or features are just out-of-scope for some distros, as they should be.

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