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All of them have:Well, they all seem to function a little different. As for stability, hell. I'm just reading threads here.
You can always install Virtualbox or Vmware on your home desktop.Actually, maybe I will just spin up some virtual desktops at the office and test the different distros until I find one that I actually like. That will provide me time to find an interesting one without disrupting my home life repeatedly installing different desktop versions of Linux.
I have virtual box installed on both my primary desktop and my radio desktop. I also have a QNAP that supports virtualization. (that's where my Kali Linux lives)You can always install Virtualbox or Vmware on your home desktop.
Kali is one of the distributions I hate because quite a few new comers to Linux think that's a good distribution to start just because they want to become a hacker or have hacker status.I have virtual box installed on both my primary desktop and my radio desktop. I also have a QNAP that supports virtualization. (that's where my Kali Linux lives)
If I were going to recommend a fairly cutting edge distro that is also quite stable it would be OpenSuse Tumbleweed. It has fairly up to date packages and is quite well tested before release. So is stable even though it's a rolling release.Actually, the more I read here. The less sure I am as to what distro to actually use. Fedora is no longer an option because if my deep hate for IBM based on professional experience. Maybe SUSE is the answer, though I would be interested in some bleeding edge as it comes to being able to install games and them function well enough.
I tend to tell people Kali is a tool, not a desktop even though it can be used as one.Kali is one of the distributions I hate because quite a few new comers to Linux think that's a good distribution to start just because they want to become a hacker or have hacker status.
Also another thing might be to consider when picking a distribution is what filesystem you want to use, depending on the answer if you want an installer that supports LVM or not.If I were going to recommend a fairly cutting edge distro that is also quite stable it would be OpenSuse Tumbleweed. It has fairly up to date packages and is quite well tested before release. So is stable even though it's a rolling release.
If you looking for stability it's hard to beat Debian stable, But Debian testing is also very stable and fairly current.
There are many choice best thing to do is to try a few live usbs and see which one works best for your hardware and computing needs.
The funny thing is in my 25+ years using Linux. I have never installed SUSE.If I were going to recommend a fairly cutting edge distro that is also quite stable it would be OpenSuse Tumbleweed. It has fairly up to date packages and is quite well tested before release. So is stable even though it's a rolling release.
If you looking for stability it's hard to beat Debian stable, But Debian testing is also very stable and fairly current.
There are many choice best thing to do is to try a few live usbs and see which one works best for your hardware and computing needs.
Yeah, that's an interesting question. I use LVM exclusively at work on virtualized hardware.Also another thing might be to consider when picking a distribution is what filesystem you want to use, depending on the answer if you want an installer that supports LVM or not.
Fedora is now using btrfs als default filesystem, but as far as I know they weren't planning on doing the same for RHEL but who knows they may change their minds. I wouldn't use ZFS because it's not supported by the kernel by default and some licensing issues if I remember correctly. I may try btrfs at some point but that might be with my next system because I would have to figure out and understand how btrfs works first. Since currently I use ext4 with LVM on my desktop and not sure if btrfs is designed to work with LVM or that it has the same functionality as ext4 and LVM without needing LVM.Yeah, that's an interesting question. I use LVM exclusively at work on virtualized hardware.
My last Linux / KVM server at home also used LVM for the primary partitions, but I mounted the storage via zfs using fuse. I still have major apprehensions about using btrfs. It has always struggled with stability compared to zfs.
Did you mean openSUSE or SUSE as in "Software und Systementwicklung"?Maybe SUSE is the answer, though I would be interested in some bleeding edge as it comes to being able to install games and them function well enough.
I do realize zfs has licensing issues and even Oracle now owns it and I dislike Oracle just like I dislike IBM. That said, zfs is the gold standard when it comes to filesystems with built in volume management.Fedora is now using btrfs als default filesystem, but as far as I know they weren't planning on doing the same for RHEL but who knows they may change their minds. I wouldn't use ZFS because it's not supported by the kernel by default and some licensing issues if I remember correctly. I may try btrfs at some point but that might be with my next system because I would have to figure out and understand how btrfs works first. Since currently I use ext4 with LVM on my desktop and not sure if btrfs is designed to work with LVM or that it has the same functionality as ext4 and LVM without needing LVM.
Before openSUSE Linux, there was only SUSE Linux. I'm old school.Did you mean openSUSE or SUSE as in "Software und Systementwicklung"?
I did run Ubuntu LTS at one point but even then you have to do a major release upgrade at one point.
You can use rankmirrors, which is installed by default, it's part of arch's ecosystem, instead of reflector. Just go to the pacman mirrorlist generator's page, generate and save the mirrorlist, and as rootThere's a few ins and outs , which if you've read the docs you will be ready for
eg Excerpt from my notes :
cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak
rankmirrors -n 10 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
I appreciate users who have the patience to learn Arch Linux.
I tried Arch Linux and discovered how much I didn't know about Linux.
I used the Arch Linux Revenge Installer which I'm uncertain is even currently active nowadays.
I decided Arch Linux ain't for me as I lack the patience and ain't got the time to learn the Arch Linux ways and how to.
I'm an OOTB install / update and use Linux kind of guy with no desire to become a Linux guru or Linux geek.
I'll learn what I need to learn as I go to keep my Linux distro's updated / secure and working.
I guess that makes me a lazy Linux user.
I'm cool with that.