Hello Andrew, On 12/28/20, Andrew Greig via luv-main <luv-main@luv.asn.au> wrote:
Hi All,
I am very grateful for the assistance which has been given over the years by this list. I am looking for some advice regarding the OS version to use in an upgrade. I have an AMD system with an SSD 1Tb as my system drive, it is where I do my image processing under Darktable, and I have a pair of disks RAID 1, which is Data under BTRFS, and everything has been fantastic. Ed Chan has been significantly helpful with some scripts to automate my back ups and snapshots.
I am looking to upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, but should I load the Server version or will the Desktop version suffice?
There is no real difference to the underlying system, it is the applications and appearance that differs. If you go for the server, you may need to add more to get to the production desktop you want. If you go for the desktop version, you may have to add server packages to fit into your home network. I do agree with going for the LTS version, but I have gone back to Debian at this time, but prepared to look at the Debian derivatives who do not use systemd.
My activities include email, browsing, photo editing, watching the "University of YouTube", various social media.
Definitely "desktop" use scenario, but with significant resources when I consider the photo editing and darktable. I am just gently cursing the lack of slots in my motherboard and only one ethernet port. I need to look to a gateway device that can firewall and more, I need to put a HP LJ4+ (A4 Monochrome postscript laser) on a home network, but not internet exposed. I know you have had some problems at times in the past, consider a NAS and taking other services off your main desktop. I am considering a Pi-Hole at some point.
Many thanks
Andrew Greig
Regards, Mark Trickett