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**To preface this, I work IT for a living already so feel free to not hold my hand, you can get technical if needed. I'm sure there are other discussions like this already, but they never seem tailored to what I am looking for. I'll have several questions technically that I think can stir up a conversation on how to make Ubuntu and Linux more bearable for someone like me.
My first piece to discuss is how are you able to stand using Ubuntu or any of the Linux distributions long term? I'm coming from being a long standing Windows power user, I have a degree in IT and many certifications and Linux distro's drive me up a wall. I feel like I have to remake any distro just to get it to the basics that I have instantly with Windows and I just want an OS I don't have to pay for that still gets updates on my outdated server I run for free... So enough complaining, those of you who use Linux long term, what are some tools you recommend to make this more bearable? I'm talking graphical software get hubs(I want to avoid having to terminal all the time, I spend most of my working day making bash scripts and using PowerShell), or in general what other installables do you recommend that might make it easier to get things moving on newer installations or make life easier/more like Windows.
What are some good server tools you download and use on a regular basis(think preferred Virtual Machine software, website hosting, databases) with the mindset that I'm coming from Windows and am hoping for a better GUI experience. I'm even curious if there are some software hubs or game server hubs that I can create steam cmd servers with a click of a button and watch like they have in Windows. Again, I don't want to have to write all these scripts that I have to chmod a+x and set in the desktop to restart a gaming server EVERY time it updates and if I can help it.
My only other experience with Linux distribution's outside of Ubuntu are Kali-Linux(I specialized cyber-security in my degree so I had to use it a lot) and lightweight OS's like Raspbian or etc for the micro-controllers I use. Should I consider something like this Pop!OS I keep hearing about? I'm looking for stable and long-term updates to security and features so I don't want a flavor of the month, I want something that's getting paid by companies to remain viable(for the right price I would buy a Linux OS as well, I just want to make sure it sticks around and doesn't cost me an arm and a leg). Previously written guides are more than welcome answers to that one, there's so many that its hard for me to decipher which are propaganda and which are serious so, why do you believe what your posting is useful here, some real world experience and not paid answers is what I'm hoping to ascertain.
My first piece to discuss is how are you able to stand using Ubuntu or any of the Linux distributions long term? I'm coming from being a long standing Windows power user, I have a degree in IT and many certifications and Linux distro's drive me up a wall. I feel like I have to remake any distro just to get it to the basics that I have instantly with Windows and I just want an OS I don't have to pay for that still gets updates on my outdated server I run for free... So enough complaining, those of you who use Linux long term, what are some tools you recommend to make this more bearable? I'm talking graphical software get hubs(I want to avoid having to terminal all the time, I spend most of my working day making bash scripts and using PowerShell), or in general what other installables do you recommend that might make it easier to get things moving on newer installations or make life easier/more like Windows.
What are some good server tools you download and use on a regular basis(think preferred Virtual Machine software, website hosting, databases) with the mindset that I'm coming from Windows and am hoping for a better GUI experience. I'm even curious if there are some software hubs or game server hubs that I can create steam cmd servers with a click of a button and watch like they have in Windows. Again, I don't want to have to write all these scripts that I have to chmod a+x and set in the desktop to restart a gaming server EVERY time it updates and if I can help it.
My only other experience with Linux distribution's outside of Ubuntu are Kali-Linux(I specialized cyber-security in my degree so I had to use it a lot) and lightweight OS's like Raspbian or etc for the micro-controllers I use. Should I consider something like this Pop!OS I keep hearing about? I'm looking for stable and long-term updates to security and features so I don't want a flavor of the month, I want something that's getting paid by companies to remain viable(for the right price I would buy a Linux OS as well, I just want to make sure it sticks around and doesn't cost me an arm and a leg). Previously written guides are more than welcome answers to that one, there's so many that its hard for me to decipher which are propaganda and which are serious so, why do you believe what your posting is useful here, some real world experience and not paid answers is what I'm hoping to ascertain.
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