In itself true, but if you have several competing distros then you run into the problem of attracting developers to the platform if none have a solid market share. It’s a bit of a chicken and egg thing, if a platform doesn’t have a sizable user base it’s hard to attract developers and it’s hard to get a user base without readily available apps.
Linux on phones or desktops suffer from one major problem as I see it, too much choice.
You make a Windows app it has to work with the latest couple versions, same with Mac.
Make one for Linux and you have to test it against dozens of popular distros, package it in multiple ways, and hope the dependencies are gonna match.
It’s an awesome system for IT people and server admins, but for the end user, ehhh… That seems to be the problem things like snap and flat packs are aimed at fixing, which could transition to phones but first you gotta herd the cats into an agreed state.
wild house
Not sure if typo, but certainly fitting these days…
I have one around that same class that is running Security Onion, because why not record and analyze all the things.
It can make a big difference just in the processing power needed if there’s anything more intense than a straight firewall. IPS tend to be a resource pig. What are the load numbers saying vs the number of CPU cores available?
I ran into similar (or even worse) choking trying to get it virtualized even with a proper passthrough that I eventually shelved but might take another run at someday. Knocking a couple hundred watts off the stack is always welcome.