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Recently I have found myself complaining about Ubuntu Server more often, and people apparently start taking offence. First, let me clarify that I do think that Ubuntu is a very good option for desktop computers, if you’re not too keen on running commercial operating systems like Windows or Mac OSX. Without Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth’s help, Linux still wouldn’t be that popular on desktop computers. That is a great achievement and certainly helped Linux to become more mature (both on desktops and servers), as wider interest in Linux automatically helped growing the community of developers who participated in various Linux-related and open source projects.

That said, we must not forget Ubuntu’s focus, which I think (and I will expand on it later) is still valid: desktop and laptop computers.

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That’s one of the most stupid controversial questions I’ve ever read on Twitter. (Ok, I haven’t used Twitter for a long time yet, so I’m prepared for worse questions.) It shows that 140 characters cannot transport any substantial information really. The funny thing is that people indeed try to answer that question on Twitter — with 140 characters — recommending one or the other operating system to the one who asked. Total madness.

First of all, questions like this, which do not tell anything about the author’s aims and intentions, are not answerable. One could as well ask: Ferrari or Landrover? I’d suggest taking the Ferrari for the next cross-country rally, whereas the Landrover is definitely the best choice for the F1 track. Anyway, you got my point.

This blog post has potential for flamewars between the lovers of BSD and Linux, and also between lovers of either of the Linux distributions. So let me emphasize that this is my personal opinion.

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