15 Oct
2011
15 Oct
'11
6:46 a.m.
On 15/10/11 15:50, Rodrigo Campos wrote:
The biggest con with ubuntu is their focus on tablets and mobile
computing, to the detriment of even desktops, why on earth would you
stuff about with the init just to have a pretty splash image on servers,
generally speaking you want to see the full output during boot if there
is any problems, and the rest of the time a monitor might not even be
plugged in. I currently have 2 ubuntu virtuals and a desktop left and
I'm in the middle of planning to migrate them to debian I've had enough
of problems with upgrades, and the constant push to make everything
dumbed down and mac looking.
The reason for using ubuntu in the first place was so that I had a
computer that just worked, I don't get any kind of enjoyment at fixing
nvidia blobs every time I upgrade either, but ubuntu have finally gone
far enough that their system no longer just works, but just breaks instead.
Ubuntu Cons:
- Security releases. The Debian security team seem to ship patches
first and the Ubuntu ones lag a bit.
I would also add that ubuntu main repository
(I mean the main branch/component)
is smaller than debian's main. So if you use a bunch of software/packages from
universe/multiverse/etc, don't expect security updates, response to bug reports or
anything like that. Universe in ubuntu is mostly an "import" from debian
archive
at the time the release was made, and that's it.
The release notes are more "desktop oriented" and there is little, if any,
note
for servers. Debian's release note are way more complete and detailed.
Also, the upgrade procedure in ubuntu is sometimes, IMHO, kind of invasive and
you have to restore some of your configs, or remove packages or something like
that. Nothing terrible, but I think it shouldn't be needed.