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.
Ads?! in Ubuntu? Never! They were simply “integrating online scope results into the home lens of the dash” 🤡
(that is an actual quote from the sentence immediately following “We’re not putting ads in Ubuntu” in Mark Shuttleworth’s blog post responding to the entirely predictable backlash after they did this, twelve years 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.
He the Linux world’s mini elon musk
This is precisely why I dislike and don’t recommend Ubuntu, to this day.
Same, I just use standard Debian now, works great for me.
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.
Debian is a machine designed for going back in time 150 years.
Oh wait, they removed that? I had no idea because I stopped using Ubuntu when they put ads in the dash.
Doesn’t mean they stopped pushing their own shit in places that they have no business touching. I mean:
>
apt install firefox
> look inside
> snapAnd 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.
