[rescue] [geeks] Solaris being discontinued? Rumors flying

[Andrew Jones]

On 12/03/2016 11:58 AM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Honestly, I wouldn't touch Ubuntu with a ten-foot pole.  Not only is it
> now systemd-based, I think of it as the Linux distribution for people
> who would secretly - or not so secretly - rather be running Windows or
> MacOS.

Feelings about systemd aside, Ubuntu has some very peculiar support 
policies.  Only a small fraction of the total package set is regularly 
patched, but it comes with the unsupported repositories enabled 
out-of-the-box.