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  • I read a lot of advice online for distros, but my main needs are not really discussed.

    You're not special and Linux distros aren't that specialized. They differ in packaging, upgrade philosophy, etc. There is no Linux distro that can't do the things others do.

    You dabbled with Ubuntu. Stick with it, you'll be fine. Unless you really want mint, then go for it you'll be fine.

  • From Docker with Ansible to k3s: I don't get it...
  • Dude - you gotta get off the snap hate train for a bit.

    Do you not understand the difference between "hey, run this rando shell script on the internet" and "hey, use this standardized installer which may run some shell scripts"?

    I don't give a shit about all the canonical hate. For me snap does what I want:

    1. Installs things in a standardized way using a standard interface i can easily script with ansible
    2. Provides a similarly standardized way of upgrading and uninstalling that can also be automated easily with ansible
    3. Works "just fine".
    4. Edit - I'll add in a fourth - creates a fucking binary I can run (no flatpak run something.something.something BS)

    It's not bash I'm criticizing. Do you understand that? Because stop reading if you don't and go back through my list. I'll wait.

    So good - you get that bash isn't the problem. It's the bespoke unstructured installer/upgrader/unisntaller part that is bad. You could write your installer in C, Python, etc. and I'll levy the same complaints. You want me to install your python app? It should be available through pypi and pip. Not some rando bespoke installer.

  • From Docker with Ansible to k3s: I don't get it...
  • Ah - you have discovered my complaint.

    That is precisely why I went with microk8s instead. I don't install software from people who can't be bothered to package their software using standard deployment tools which has been the correct way to distribute Linux software for decades.

  • From Docker with Ansible to k3s: I don't get it...
  • You're welcome to make whatever bad decisions you like. I can manage snaps with standard tooling. I can install, update, remove them with simple ansible scripts in a standard way.

    Bash installers are bad. End of.

  • From Docker with Ansible to k3s: I don't get it...
  • Microk8s manages to install with a snap. I know that snap is "of the devil" around these parts but it's still better than a custom bash script.

    Custom bash scripts will always be worse than any alternative.

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