Migrating from 20.04 -> 22.04 -> 24.04 on headless Ubuntu server?? + hardware upgrade

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 12:40 PM Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun,  8 Dec 2024 09:07:03 -0500 (EST), Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> >The reality is that if one distro works, virtually any other distro will also
> >work. *Some* distros might have issues with some hardware -- at this point the
> >"tricky" hardware is going to things like WiFi (a non-issue for a hard-wired
> >server) and maybe video (again a non-issue) and what sorts of third party
> >[server app] software is available in the distro's repo (a non-issue with
> >Debian).
>
> I thought that it would work like you describe but was taken aback by what ASUS
> listed....
>
> Anyway, now I have to pinpoint the exact model NUC I should choose for this
> project.

Intel works closely with the kernel. H.J. Lu and friends make lots of
commits for Intel. Just about any NUC you buy will be supported. If
you want to ensure support right now for older distros, then buy the
'toc' on the tic-toc cycle to give time for the kernel teams to
backport support for the latest generation processors, chipsets and
boards.

Arrow Lake/14th gen is the latest from Intel, so buy Raptor Lake/13th
gen or earlier. Just about every distro will support 13th gen (and
likely support 14th gen). In fact, I purchased a Raptor Lake/13th gen
in October 2023 (back when Raptor Lake was the "tic"), and it was
supported by Fedora out-of-the-box. Nothing special was needed.

Jeff