Pre-Sales Questions

[KhayrDev]

I’m looking at options for my homeland and considering Unraid but have the following pre-sale questions.

 

1. Will Unraid ever allow other base OS like Ubuntu instead of Slackware? For me Ubuntu has been a much more first class experience over the years than Slackware with more fresher packages and very good upstream relationships. Also way more developers working on Ubuntu than on Slackware.

 

2. Will Unraid be responsive sometime this year or offer an iOS app to manage on mobile?

 

 

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[Hoopster]

10 hours ago, KhayrDev said:

Will Unraid ever allow other base OS like Ubuntu instead of Slackware?

This is a question only Limetech can answer.  However, keep in mind that Unraid is not a full Linux distribution.  It does not use everything available even in Slackware.  Unraid is more like an appliance OS that includes only the pieces of Slackware Linux necessary for it to deliver the file storage, disk management, parity, VM, Docker, etc. functionality of Unraid.  Since Unraid loads into and runs completely in RAM every time the server is booted, Limetech tries to keep that footprint as small as possible and does not include anything not absolutely necessary.  Again, It is not a full Linux OS and does not want to be. 

 

Also, due to the extensive testing Limetech does before release of a new version of Unraid to the public, it is rarely using the latest available version of many key Linux kernel modules.  Security patch or feature focused minor updates may include newer modules.

Edited July 1 by Hoopster

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On 6/30/2024 at 1:15 PM, KhayrDev said:

For me Ubuntu

You can, of course, run Ubuntu as a VM under Unraid

23 hours ago, Hoopster said:

It is not a full Linux OS and does not want to be