[Discuss] Is there a BLU recommended distro?

[markw at mohawksoft.com]

> I have to do a reinstall... do we have any general consensus at BLU on
> (free) distros? I suspect you get good enough security with most distros
> these days, true?
>
> No exotic hardware to support... no binary blobs to install I think... I
> have fairly unambitious plans for this machine.... not using it to create
> AI videos (yet)...

I can't speak to any consensus, but for me I use Ubuntu. I just like it
because I don't have to fight to get things to work and, unlike debian, it
has ZFS preinstalled.

For "development" I typically spin up a VM of any specific version I may
need to use.