Windows vs Linux update experience
Daniel Nashed – 16 June 2025 01:35:03
The internet is running on Linux for good reasons.
Updating Linux on all distributions I know is a very straightforward operation with a single reboot if needed at all.
In contrast on Windows the download and installation is really painful.
I am running Windows mainly for test and development.
All my Domino servers are running on Linux.
Mainly as a Docker container, but also Domino native on Linux is easy to setup and maintain.
Windows 2025 seems to use more system resources than the previous versions.
Now that Domino 14.5 ships, maybe a good idea for your upgrade plan could be to think about moving to Linux...
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1Stephen Bailey 17.06.2025 7:41:36 Windows vs Linux update experience
Daniel, could you describe the pain of a Domino 14.5 upgrade on Windows in a little more detail?
Is it more cumbersome than just running the installer?
2Daniel Nashed 17.06.2025 13:48:54 Windows vs Linux update experience
@Stephen, I was only refering to OS updates and my point was about thinking to switch to a different OS when you need to update the OS anynow or just switch to a new Domino release.
3Ty Rex 17.06.2025 21:54:35 Windows vs Linux update experience
I run 4 x Domino Windows servers in a cluster and reboot-compulsory updates are not a big deal because they are fairly infrequent and can be scheduled overnight.
I think the major issue with switching to Linux is the simplicity of management in Windows. If something is going wrong, it's easy to bring up an RDP session, check the CPU/disks/network/services etc. and make the fix, usually in seconds.
I appreciate, however, you can do all that in Linux too. But at the moment, am struggling to make the transition due to lack of experience in a highly-available commercial environment.
I also wonder whether Linux provides a higher performing Domino install compared to an equivalent Windows box given its simplicity...
Do you know of any Domino community articles out there to prime us Linux newbies intending on switching?
4Henning Heinz 19.06.2025 8:47:48 Windows vs Linux update experience
Just in case someone uses Debian as server OS. With Debian 12 Bookworm it seems you need to use the Backports Kernel as 6.1 is not supported (the checkos script exits with an error).
Updating to Debian Testing (trixie) is no solution (I tried it)
The backports kernel can be enabled by adding
deb { Link } bookworm-backports main contrib non-free
to etc/apt/sources.list
or as a seperate file in
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
Install the kernel with (as root or with sudo)
apt-get -t bookworm-backports install linux-image-amd64
Currently installs linux-image-6.12.30+bpo-amd64
A reboot is needed after upgrading the kernel
Of course it is probably recommended to use something that is officially supported.
Apart from the kernel problem Domino 14.5, Language Pack and Traveler installs fine (have not tried the LLM part with Llama yet).