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tossandthrow | on: Azure Linux 4.0 is Microsoft's first general-purpose Linux
Ubuntu server distributions are definitely general purpose.
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So if I understand what you're saying, if someone asks you "Hey, could you recommend me a general purpose Linux distribution?", you'd recommend them Ubuntu Server rather than just straight up Ubuntu?

I'd agree both could be used in a general-purpose way, but I'd definitively call one of them more general-purpose than the other.

PeterStuer | root | parent | next
95% of my VM's run Ubuntu Server LTS, so yes, that is what I would recommend if I was a recommending person.
tossandthrow | root | parent
If they need a general purpose distro for a server, absolutely.

That would likely be a better recommendation than android.

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But that wasn't the question, what they ask is specifically "Hey, could you recommend me a general purpose Linux distribution?", would you still first recommend Ubuntu Server?
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thesuperbigfrog | parent
Most Linux server distributions would be expected to be headless.

"General purpose" Linux distributions (not "server") typically would include a GUI desktop.

joxdosba | root | parent
A GUI Linux distribution feels vastly more niche than a headless one.
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