[TriLUG] I "discovered" a bug!

[shay walters via TriLUG]

I've been told that Ubuntu Server installs make one of the most
stripped-down installs of anything out there.  I start with that, then
manually add in LXDE and a list of other packages I use.   In the past I
have run plain Debian and I liked it really well.  I was running Debian
Stable and I ran across one-too-many packages that was way behind and
lacked features or had bugs that had been fixed in the main repositories.
If I had been on Debian Testing, it wouldn't have been an issue, I expect.


On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 4:08 PM Ron Kelley via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> For me, I have started leaning toward the pure Debian side vs Ubuntu.  It
> just seems cleaner.  For example, Debian uses the traditional
> /etc/network/interfaces file instead of Netplan, plus it does not seem to
> install as much crud (unattended upgrades, snapd, lots of stuff I have to
> remove after installs, etc).  That said, I typically do server-based
> installs - typically without any GUI.
>
>
>
> > On Nov 26, 2018, at 9:44 PM, Brian McCullough via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >
> > Group,
> >
> > I just tried to re-install my Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS primary development
> > machine, and discovered that the installer has a bug, which they know
> > about, but have delivered anyway.
> >
> > It is at ( hand copied ):
> >
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1766945
> >
> >
> > If you do NOT "erase and install from scratch," the installer does not
> > create ( re-create ) the EFI partition, and GRUB does not install and
> > the installer crashes.
> >
> >
> > Isn't that fun?
> >
> >
> > B-(
> >
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