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I have to use ubuntu sometimes (18.04) but my personal favorite distro is Arch Linux.

- you will run the latest software

- from the very beginning you are involved and personally responsible for your machine.

- the wiki is very well written

- no periodic upgrade hell, since it has rolling updates (everything is always updating all the time)

- if software is not in the repository, it has AUR, which will help you build anything that is missing

Ubuntu is a necessary evil, but I don't like some things:

  /etc/default/apport
  /etc/default/kerneloops
  /etc/default/motd-news
  snapd
  unattended-upgrades
  ubuntu-report
  whoopsie


I miss Arch occasionally but I don’t like being responsible for the operation of my machine; I would rather delegate it to the operating system. ;)

The good thing about Ubuntu is that it’s the default “Linux” (distribution) so whatever you are looking for, there is likely an AskUbuntu question, a .deb package, a blogpost, or a mailing-list entry to help.


I don't know if I agree about software availability if you take AUR into account.

Also, it is dead simple to make your own PKGBUILD script for arch, but last time I tried looking into making a .deb my eyes rolled into the back of my head.




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