I use Debian or Raspian these days on machines acting as servers. Have heard a lot of good things about Ubuntu, but like the way Debian is managed for the most part. I also tend not to run X, so have a strong 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.




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Dumas Walker wrote to Vk3jed <=-

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.

Yeah, when I run servers, I simply don't have a need for X. I do pretty much everything on the command line. And if I did happen to need X, I can always fire it up with "startx" or use VNC.

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 use a wide variety of applications, and some (a decreasing minority) are Windows only. Also, I just fund some of the maintenance of appl under Linux a bit more "clunky" than Windows. Probably just a preference thing.

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. :)

Indeed, Linux can run DOS software quite well. :)

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.

I do have a bit of that, mostly in the "free as in beer" category.


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On 3/20/2017 1:30 AM, Vk3jed -> Dumas Walker wrote:

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.

I do have a bit of that, mostly in the "free as in beer" category.

Since when is beer free? I wanna know where you hang out! :)

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Nicholas Boel wrote to Vk3jed <=-

I do have a bit of that, mostly in the "free as in beer" category.

Since when is beer free? I wanna know where you hang out! :)

When it's someone else's! :D


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