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Help me choose linux's best option for public school lab (distro, desktop, etc.) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I apologize if my english isn't perfect in how you would say it daily, but I hope it'll help with Linux popularity and as a reference for future days.

For this post specifically I want opinions regarding what would be best for school lab of tech vocational high school (for both computer networking and software engineering).

Package update frequency:

A. Years per update (Debian, OpenSuse Leap)
B. Every 6 month (Ubuntu/Fedora)
C. Rolling Release (Debian Sid or Arch but update whenever (every week/month/semester/year))

Desktop environment:

A. Gnome
B. KDE Plasma
C. Cinnamon
D. Lightweight DE (XFCE, LXQT, etc.)
E. Other DE (Mate, Budgie, etc.)
F. Stacking Window Manager (Fluxbox, IceWM, Openbox, etc)
G. TIling or Dynamic WM

Community or Company Distro?

A. Community Distro
B. Company Distro

Display server protocol:

A. Xorg
B. Wayland

File System:

A. EXT4
B. BTRFS
C. Other

Immutable?

A. Not Immutable
B. Immutable

Functionality

A. General Purpose (Debian, Arch, OpenSuse)
B. Specific Purpose (Debian Edu, Parrot Linux, AV linux, etc.)

Let me know your opinion, perhaps I missed some critical question or maybe some question above isn't that important to consider.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You word structure is a little odd but I think I can figure out what you are trying to ask.

If you looking for desktops I would focus on stability and reliability. For the desktop you could use something premade like Linux mint or you could roll your own with custom Xfce4 configs.

The real question is how you are going to manage this. I assume you have some sort of active directory environment but your group policy will not work on Linux. I would setup Ansible so that you can manage all the desktops in one place. You can create a Ansible playbook that domain joins the machines and then sets up the system.