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submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/linuxmemes
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (23 children)

It USED to be OK. Now, it's just bloat, ads for snaps and pro features.

[–] WelcomeBear 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (12 children)

Is this also true for headless servers? I’ve been using Ubuntu via SSH for 15 years now and it’s always been fine for me but I’ve also never run the desktop version (for more than a few days anyway.)

I just installed it on a scavenged workstation last month to use as a media server and I didn’t notice anything unusual.

Edit:

While we’re at it, what does the hive mind think I should be using instead for turning old trash PCs into shitty servers? The only thing Lemmy has taught me so far is that Ubuntu sucks and the only truly honorable choice is to quit my job and stop speaking to my family so that I can devote my life to installing drivers on unstable Arch. Also, I’m supposed to buy some thigh-high stockings and learn to tuck apparently?

[–] bitwaba 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I've been dist updating my fileserver for a decade and noticed over the last year or so that I'm using considerably more disk space than I expected on my OS drive. I see a lot of Snap installs (which I'd rather not use), and am getting messages from apt update telling me there's additional security packages if I switch to some Ubuntu paid subscription or something.

I don't really care to look more into it. I've been meaning to rebuild the hardware anyways, and will probably install Arch or Debian.

[–] madscience 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm an arch desktop user, but I'd never use it for a server. Debian for that please.

[–] bitwaba 1 points 5 months ago

I've been using it for desktop for the last 2 years and haven't had any issues preventing me from booting (that werent self-caused). I'm actually quite impressed with how well it works, but I do have what I consider a healthy distrust of the AUR and tend to stay away unless I can't find a solution to my problem in the official repos.

What makes you hesitant to use it as server?

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