▲ 129 ▼ Which OS do you use for your homeserver? (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by melandroph@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world 201 comments fedilink hide all child comments Edit: wow, this is a never ending comment section!
[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ubuntu LTS, but in the process of replacing it with Debian permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hypertext@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) What benefit do you expect to get from this switch? Just wondering why there are so many Debian over Ubuntu in this thread permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago There has been some technical decisions over the last few years that I don't think fit my needs terribly well; chief of these is the push for Snaps - they are a proprietary distribution format, that adds significant overhead without any real benefit, and Canonical has been pushing more and more functionality into Snap I previously chose Ubuntu over Debian because I needed more up to date versions of things like Python and PHP, with Docker this isn't really a concern any more, so slower, more conservative approach Debian takes isn't as big of an issue permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hypertext@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) What benefit do you expect to get from this switch? Just wondering why there are so many Debian over Ubuntu in this thread permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago There has been some technical decisions over the last few years that I don't think fit my needs terribly well; chief of these is the push for Snaps - they are a proprietary distribution format, that adds significant overhead without any real benefit, and Canonical has been pushing more and more functionality into Snap I previously chose Ubuntu over Debian because I needed more up to date versions of things like Python and PHP, with Docker this isn't really a concern any more, so slower, more conservative approach Debian takes isn't as big of an issue permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago There has been some technical decisions over the last few years that I don't think fit my needs terribly well; chief of these is the push for Snaps - they are a proprietary distribution format, that adds significant overhead without any real benefit, and Canonical has been pushing more and more functionality into Snap I previously chose Ubuntu over Debian because I needed more up to date versions of things like Python and PHP, with Docker this isn't really a concern any more, so slower, more conservative approach Debian takes isn't as big of an issue permalink fedilink source parent