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[+] 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)
  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Ubuntu catches some well earned flak, but afaik it was the first distro to have an effortless Gui setup wizard that "just worked."

    I remember using one of their ubiquitous install CD back in the mid 00s to bring an old laptop back to life, and literally changing my life.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    If it weren't for Ubuntu, I'd wager half or more Linux users wouldn't be Linux users. I have no hard data to back this up and I'm willing to be told I'm wrong. But most of the stories I hear are "started on Ubuntu back when they were mailing out free CDs" and "tried a few other things, gave up until I found Ubuntu"

    It's barrier to entry was so long for Windows users, and it allowed people the time and space to get comfortable with being on something not-windows, and sure, eventually a big chunk moved on, but it got them to this side of the fence, and that's admirable. Wubi (a dual boot installer you could run from within windows without a CD a thumb drive) is what really got me on Linux, and eventually I stopped dualbooting altogether.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I keep reading this, but why?

    Edit: The flak

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Couple reasons people dislike Ubuntu/Canonical. 1) they're just popular, but also they went their own way with the Unity UI hoping to score a BMW touchscreen contract, they went their own way with snaps which are much worse than flatpak, they added ads for "Ubuntu Pro" in the distro (notably in the terminal).

    I think they have a reputation for going off and doing their own thing rather than working with existing solutions.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    I'm having a hard time understanding the criticism on them working with companies, or developing tech towards it, though. I thought it would be a good thing if a Linux company introduced systems for general use, same with Edubuntu. Having Ubuntu on school PCs is definitely better than Windows for example.

    Edit: The rest makes sense!

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