Ubuntu is good for absolute beginners to Linux to get started on since it's the least different from Windows. Hence why I help work on Ubuntu.<div><br></div><div>I personally prefer to use Arch for my desktop, and Debian or CentOS (god awful hair pulling RHEL's little brother) for my servers. But, I can (kind of) understand the appeal of Ubuntu to newer users. It's easy to use from the start, even if it does it in the most unclean methods underneath the cover.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 2:43 PM, James Sumners <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
You said "dev team." I would not be using Arch on a set of systems<br>
that need to be concurrent. Arch updates often, and sometimes with<br>
breakage (read the news on the website!).<br>
<br>
I am a massive fan of Arch -- when used on the right system. Desktop<br>
OS? Yes. DVR OS? Definitely. Server? Hell no. For that, I go Debian<br>
(when I'm not forced to use the god awful hair pulling RHEL).<br>
<br>
Ubuntu? Hate it. I have Xubuntu installed on one system -- my<br>
Grandfather's old machine, now my Grandmother's. I had to update that<br>
damn thing from Jaunty to Oneiric this week. It was a long,<br>
convoluted, process. How they screwed up "apt-get dist-upgrade" with<br>
some wackadoo "do-release-upgrade" is beyond me (before you say<br>
"they're the same", the do-release-upgrade script expects X to be<br>
running). </blockquote></div></div>