Vk> I use Debian or Raspian these days on machines acting as servers. Have
Vk> heard a lot of good things about Ubuntu, but like the way Debian is
Vk> managed for the most part. I also tend not to run X, so have a strong
Vk> preference for command line or curses based tools.
If you are not using X, then I don't think there is really much of a benefit
of running ubuntu. I installed it on one machine for a while. It was a more
"bells-and-whistles," IMHO, for the X or desktop user. Cli utilities may
have been somewhat newer versions as, IIRC, they move stuff up to "stable"
quicker.
I eventually replaced ubuntu with debian on the machine in question. More
stable.
Honestly, I have used linux as my primary desktop OS for about 17 years now.
I used to keep a Windows 98SE machine up-to-date because I sometimes needed
it for things like Office or gaming. I currently have an XP partition on my
personal machine but I have probably not used it in at least 3 years. I am
pretty much able to do everything I want on the debian boxes.
I could even move my DOS-based BBS, currently running under OS/2 for VMODEM,
over to the debian box. I have tested it, am just too lazy to finish the
job. :)
So, unless you have some proprietary software that only runs on Windows, I am
not real sure these days what it is that a linux desktop cannot do that
Windows can.
... 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.
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