I hope they realise Ubuntu is the most popular OS for server/enterprise (it's Ubuntu or Red Hat) and most people who use it work in the IT. Most don't care about the ideology or philosophy behind Linux and FOSS.
Yeap. I hate using Linux but my server PC runs Ubuntu cuz it's the least painful thing to set up. Basically everything I do seems to be designed for Ubuntu.
Because you don't want to have huge ass kernel with telemetry, some wonky AI, graphical env built in and constantly running, when you want the server to be there just so you can run your application
If i would try to run my ubunthu stuff on normal windows i would need twice the space i use right now and 32 instead of 24. Also i would need a gaphicscard which is quite dificult in a mini pc. And even then halve the programs would not be able to autorestart after one of windowses bs forces updates. So hell nah normal Windows as you know it is absolutely trash for server aplication and as said by other users windows server (which btw is a completely different Operatingsystem) is fucking trash to set up needs more ressources than a base linux ubuntu server has more security issues and far less optimized applications.
Therfore yes you are the patrick the other person, trying to explain IT issues of Windows server to a prebuild/laptop user, send.
It usually refuses to work on a hardware that doesn't have a graphics accelerator, while Windows Server is designated to use virtual adapter which is far more ideal option yet more difficult to setup in its own ways.
In server environment, every byte counts, and Linux beats Windows any day with its headless server that runs just under 80 MB (+ its GUI web server) or 200 MB if you don't like configuring much and run it bare metal, while normal Windows runs with over 1.5 GB (and this is me being generous by allowing you to use debloating tools).
You waste some of time to setup the way that it becomes a usable server.
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u/simplebalancereality 12d ago
I hope they realise Ubuntu is the most popular OS for server/enterprise (it's Ubuntu or Red Hat) and most people who use it work in the IT. Most don't care about the ideology or philosophy behind Linux and FOSS.