Thread: Ubuntu annoys me

I'm getting kind of sick of Ubuntu, is #! any good? I hear good things about it.

Is #! any good? Uhm, yes. It tells the shell where the script's interpreter is.

Not relevant.

*sigh* Crunchbang Linux http://crunchbanglinux.org/

Looks not bad, never actually heard of it. Shame, considering my GDM is based off of that background, can't believe I never knew.

Originally Posted by Demon Parasite

*sigh* Crunchbang Linux http://crunchbanglinux.org/

Based on ubuntu, just with the openbox GUI.

BTW I have LAMP servers running Ubuntu without a gui, its not a noob OS despite its wide appeal to the non-computer savvy.

To Philosopher:
I've used every distro Ynot listed and if you really need to try something I like Fedora, but from what your saying you'd be better off sticking with ubuntu. I don't know what your asking, I've compiled custom kernels for ubuntu and had the system with full drive encryption back around 6.06. Its linux, you can do anything with it. Your seriously not limited in anyway. Try some other OSes if you'd like though all the ones Ynot listed are good although I personally dislike openSuse quite a bit.

Ubuntu makes a *very* nice server OS

I do a bit of free-lance Linux consultancy, and I recommend Ubuntu servers for a number of reasons

It's security supported by a both a commercial company, and the community at large

Now this isn't too revolutionary, most commercially supported distros will give you these two avenues for security support
The great thing is, beyond-security support from Canonical is optional

This opens up a huge level of flexibility for end users, for little to no risk

If they have the skills in-house to admin the server, then they don't need anything

If they don't have the skills in-house, they will need support (possibly only initial setup - but most times some sort contract)

They have 2 options for 3rd party support
Either Canonical, or some local support firm

They can even flip-flop between different companies for support / maintenance without touching the system
Find a firm that's offering cheaper support, switch.

By contrast going with, say, RedHat and you're stuck with having a support contract from RedHat
Want to move your support? You'll have to move your server over to CentOS, then you can go to other firms, but then RedHat's out of the equation for future support, unless you move distro again

Ubuntu makes it super easy to move your support around

I've had quite a few small firms perk their ears up, when I've explained they can go with a cheaper, local firm for support; and in the event of this support firm going belly up, or just not pulling their weight, one call to Canonical and support is transfered over

I tell you what, for small businesses support costs can be a bit daunting, and the ability to freely move around is a big plus for them