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Sep 20, 2010 at 21:56

Ubuntu, [...] is an ancient African word meaning “can’t install Debian”. -- Mark Pilgrim

Jul 7, 2024 at 22:49

I'm considering switching my personal servers (on Digital Ocean) from Ubuntu to Debian. I essentially just need something running Docker for most of my projects. Debian seems to require upgrading less often. Any opinions?

Apr 7, 2016 at 03:13

Fun udevd bug on Ubuntu: when not running under systemd, it would attempt to kill every process on the system!

Bug #1555237 “Upgrade from 14.04.4→ 16.04 dies midway taking out...” : Bugs : dbus package : Ubuntu

STEPS: 1. Install 14.04.4 on a uefi securebooted system 2. update it 3. Install openssh-server for debug access 4. reboot 5. Hit alt+f2 6. Type update-manager -d and hit enter EXPECTED: I expected a smooth transition to 16.04 ACTUAL: System is completely taken out mid way through the process killing the session and x also no tty when hitting ctrl+alt+f1-6 --- TESTS RESULTS (from cyphermox): On amd64 (no EFI) under qemu/libvirt, qxl graphics: - upgrading just libglib2.0-0 from 16.04 on to...

Dec 21, 2015 at 22:49

TIL that Travis supports Ubuntu 14.04! https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/ci-environment/#Virtualization-environments (sometimes 12.04 is hassle with new/trendy tools)

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