• Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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    16 days ago

    I remember. And how much shit the community flung towards them. And their rep is still stained with it, as it should be.

  • IsoSpandy@lemm.ee
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    15 days ago

    That was the first time I tried Linux with the free and open thing. I didn’t know much back then and when I saw the ads, I was like… Ooohhh this is ad supported crap. Nope… Not at all

    Fucking distro kept me away from my spirit penguin for 2 years before I realized it was ubuntu’s fault.

  • kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de
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    16 days ago

    They were heavily panned for that back then. My image of Ubuntu of that time is heavily associated with their Unity desktop which they latter dropped(only for it to spring up again).

  • Mwa@lemm.eeEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Canonical would prob do something like this today like how shove snaps

    • november@lemmy.vgEnglish
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      16 days ago

      Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African and British entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Canonical, the company behind the development of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system.[1] In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first South African to travel to space, doing so as a space tourist.[2][3][4] He lives on the Isle of Man and holds dual citizenship from South Africa and the United Kingdom.[5][6] According to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2020, Shuttleworth is worth an estimated £500 million. –Wikipedia

      This explains so much.

  • Jayb151@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    Oh wait, they removed that? I had no idea because I stopped using Ubuntu when they put ads in the dash.

    • rtxn@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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      15 days ago

      Doesn’t mean they stopped pushing their own shit in places that they have no business touching. I mean:

      > apt install firefox
      > look inside
      > snap

      And then there’s Ubuntu Pro. https://feddit.org/comment/2001630

      (edit) I just realized that I could’ve expressed the first point using proper English, but my idiot brain immediately chose memes. I think I’m beyond help.

      • cley_faye@lemmy.world
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        15 days ago

        They’re planning on making a version where everything is a snap. Performance and usability may come later, who knows.

        • whitecold@lemmy.world
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          9 days ago

          That’s already a thing? It’s called Ubuntu Core and is aimed at servers for now.

          They are working on a desktop edition which is what you are probably referring to - it’s a very interesting idea imho, they basically containerize the whole system, kernel and DE included. Will see how popular or useful it’ll be, but I can imagine it being used in embedded devices for example. In my understanding it’s going to be like most immutable distros, but with snaps instead of flatpaks.

        • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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          15 days ago

          I think it’s an interesting approach. I much prefer flatpak but can’t say I’m curious what all-snap system would be like

      • dan@upvote.au
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        14 days ago

        I was using Debian on desktop for a while. I’ve been using Debian on servers for over 20 years so I figured it’s a good choice. I liked it, but ended up switching to Fedora. The only Linux distro I can use at work is Fedora (we use a modified version of Fedora) and I liked it enough to start using it at home too.

        I appreciate the newer packages, especially for things like KDE Plasma and the Nvidia drivers. For example, Fedora had KDE Plasma 6.1 before Debian had even started packaging 6.0 for experimental.