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error: no server is specified. error: no suitable video mode found. /dev/sdc2: clean, 259918/15630336 files.

After this error screen for few seconds it automatically boots into Ubuntu.

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[–] Maestro@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why would anyone use Ubuntu on a server? Ubuntu is basically Debian unstable + non-free drivers that they tried to get sorta stable in 6 months. That may be ok on a desktop where you can accept some bugs in exchange for newer versions of the software. But why would you not run Debian stable on a server instead?

Maybe 10 years ago when Debian stable got really out-of-date, but that hasn't been true in a looong time. Debian releases much more frequently, much stabler, it has all the goid stuff from Ubuntu backported but none if the bad stuff.

[–] Zatujit@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Plenty of people use Ubuntu LTS on servers

[–] Maestro@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

That doesn't mean it's a smart thing to do...

[–] AffineConnection@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Are there any advantages over Debian stable?