[sf-lug] debian vs ubuntu question

[Michael Paoli]

> From: "Ken Shaffer" <kenshaffer80 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] debian vs ubuntu question
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 14:18:18 -0800

> Well, the reported bad update  problem (on some earlier  thread) was with
> the 4.18 kernel, which is a 9 month support kernel.  This is now the

> stick with the 4.15 kernel. The only problems I had with Ubuntu 18.04, I
> also had with 16,04 (systemd related), so  either would be OK for your
> stated needs. The biggest difference you would see is the desktop, which of

> On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 12:48 PM Jim Stockford <jim.stockford at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> because of config problems. I have a day or two to
>> decide whether to ask them to re-install Ubuntu 18.04
>> or some other distro. I only use a terminal window,
>> the Thunderbird email client, wi-fi, and Firefox.
>> You have a suggestion?

>>> > From: "Jim Stockford" <jim.stockford at gmail.com>
>>> > Subject: [sf-lug] debian vs ubuntu question
>>> > Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 11:03:46 -0800
>>>
>>> > Does the current release of Debian have
>>> > none
>>> > some
>>> > all
>>> > of the problems in Ubuntu 18.04
>>> > ?

Jim,

well, if you might "only" be asking about kernel, or Desktop Environment (DE),
or the like, that's a different question ... but that's not what you'd
(originally) asked.  As for suggestion(s) ... I'll reply elsewhere along
this original thread.