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[306.50 --> 308.44] And I'm not a huge fan of that system. |
[308.44 --> 308.90] It works. |
[309.54 --> 310.78] And for some people, |
[310.82 --> 311.46] it works really well. |
[311.60 --> 312.82] For me, I just like to have it |
[312.82 --> 314.66] all integrated with a single package manager, |
[315.22 --> 316.80] single set of updates that I do. |
[317.08 --> 319.60] And it's always guaranteed to be |
[319.60 --> 320.94] at least close to guaranteed, |
[321.06 --> 321.62] I should say, |
[321.88 --> 322.74] the latest version |
[322.74 --> 323.62] when I install something. |
[323.82 --> 325.18] So I know the security stuff's |
[325.18 --> 325.68] taken care of, |
[325.72 --> 326.36] the feature stuff |
[326.36 --> 327.36] that I've been reading about online, |
[327.40 --> 328.58] I know it's already landed. |
[329.12 --> 330.86] And then anything that's more complex |
[330.86 --> 332.78] than a basic system level tool, |
[333.02 --> 335.44] I'm already loading in a container anyways. |
[335.44 --> 337.68] Anyways, and those are often based on Alpine |
[337.68 --> 338.98] or Ubuntu, et cetera. |
[339.12 --> 340.56] And it kind of doesn't really matter |
[340.56 --> 341.72] what the host OS is running |
[341.72 --> 343.30] as long as it's secure and up to date. |
[343.64 --> 345.88] I kind of view Arch a little bit like |
[345.88 --> 347.42] stock Android. |
[347.96 --> 349.86] You know, like on a Pixel phone |
[349.86 --> 351.48] or, well, not OnePlus anymore, |
[351.76 --> 353.10] but definitely on the Pixel phones. |
[353.28 --> 355.10] Like, it has no opinion. |
[355.42 --> 356.68] There's no opinionation really |
[356.68 --> 357.54] in how it does stuff. |
[357.60 --> 358.62] It just gives you stuff |
[358.62 --> 360.08] and lets you figure it out by yourself. |
[360.72 --> 361.86] And for that reason, |
[361.98 --> 363.58] it makes a really great |
[363.58 --> 364.66] minimum viable server. |
[365.38 --> 366.32] It also makes |
[366.32 --> 367.94] a really great workstation. |
[368.36 --> 370.70] It could make a great cloud box |
[370.70 --> 371.82] because you can only install |
[371.82 --> 373.48] very, very minimal numbers of packages. |
[373.74 --> 375.08] So from a security perspective, |
[375.72 --> 377.40] there's a smaller attack surface. |
[378.16 --> 380.44] The downside is that the industry, |
[380.64 --> 382.40] and I use air quotes around industry, |
[383.32 --> 384.20] in the cloud at least, |
[384.36 --> 386.52] does seem to be settling on Ubuntu. |
[386.52 --> 387.84] Like if you look at market share |
[387.84 --> 388.68] and stuff like that. |
[389.20 --> 391.00] So you are kind of |
[391.00 --> 393.20] trailblazing your own path |
[393.20 --> 394.28] by going with Arch. |
[394.48 --> 397.06] But I would argue that |
[397.06 --> 398.22] what distro you run |
[398.22 --> 399.56] doesn't really matter |
[399.56 --> 400.38] that much anymore. |
[400.74 --> 402.36] I mean, I do feel pretty strongly |
[402.36 --> 403.02] that, you know, |
[403.06 --> 404.50] all my systems will just run Arch. |
[405.28 --> 406.38] You know, if it's a laptop |
[406.38 --> 407.30] or a desktop or whatever. |
[407.46 --> 408.22] But if it's a server, |
[408.94 --> 410.32] I'll probably put Ubuntu on it. |
[410.88 --> 412.22] Even though everything |
[412.22 --> 412.98] we've just said, |
[413.10 --> 416.08] because it has canonical behind it |
[416.08 --> 417.12] doing a bunch of testing, |
[417.58 --> 418.80] especially when it comes to ZFS |
[418.80 --> 420.08] and the licensing there. |
[420.34 --> 421.20] That's a tricky one, |
[421.20 --> 421.96] even on Arch. |
[422.48 --> 423.44] Just a bunch of stuff, |
[423.52 --> 424.04] a bunch of testing |
[424.04 --> 425.04] and things like that |
[425.04 --> 427.04] mean that I don't run Arch |
[427.04 --> 428.16] absolutely everywhere, |
[428.68 --> 429.60] just most places. |
[430.08 --> 431.28] I have found that for the cloud, |
[431.40 --> 433.06] I'm sticking with Ubuntu LTS |
[433.06 --> 434.12] for the most part. |
[434.32 --> 435.54] I find that works really well. |
[435.88 --> 437.06] And for my Raspberry Pis |
[437.06 --> 438.66] that are at the RV |
[438.66 --> 440.44] on an LTE connection, |
[440.84 --> 442.98] I'm also running Ubuntu LTS there |
[442.98 --> 444.48] in part because they've done |
[444.48 --> 445.56] a really good job |
[445.56 --> 447.48] with their Pi support. |
[447.48 --> 450.16] But also, less updates |
[450.16 --> 451.74] is a feature when you're on cellular. |
[452.26 --> 452.66] Yeah. |
[453.02 --> 454.34] And I'm already updating |
[454.34 --> 455.70] my laptop enough as it is. |
[456.18 --> 457.72] So there's those elements of it. |
[457.86 --> 459.24] But when I have an opportunity |
[459.24 --> 460.58] to run local physical hardware, |
[460.66 --> 461.72] like I do here at the studio, |
[461.80 --> 462.38] it's all Arch. |
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