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[-] Swiggles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 6 months ago

Emphasis on it was. It started to go downhill with Amazon integration and now we have paid security updates. They are holding back developed and available security packages for their OS!

There is no way to still recommend Ubuntu. No need to even talk about the other questionable decisions like snap.

[-] Papercrane@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Isn't Linux mint an Ubuntu fork? That gets recommended to tons of people who seek an entrance into the Linux world. Is it as bad as Ubuntu?

[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It is a fork, meaning its like ubuntu but with the bullshit that makes ubuntu bad removed. It is completly safe but if you wanna stay clear of any trace of ubuntu at all there is also a debian based version of mint

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 months ago

Debian Mint is the way to go now for entry in Linux if you ask me.

[-] dukk@programming.dev 8 points 6 months ago

LMDE and PopOS are my consistent recommendations to newcomers. If one doesn’t work, the other will.

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I would recommend only community maintained distros at this point... seing as how RH and Canonical went to the dark side for some things, I'd rather not recommend something maintaned by a company.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Pop-os is likely the best ubuntu flavored OS to recommend. It has nice features like solid gaming intergration and an optional tiling manager, all without snaps.

[-] Maiznieks@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

When was it though, the ads and that lens could be removed easily. And there's no

[-] Swiggles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 months ago

The problem is always having the bad option being enabled by default. Not even the ads are the biggest problem. I didn't even mention their current ads in the terminal. The problem is the same Microsoft is having now, that your keyboard input gets sent to an untrustworthy third party.

Your comment got cut off. If you wanted to dispute the paid paid claim. It is about Ubuntu Pro, that's literally all what the basic tier is. We recently even had the case where a patch with a highish CVE rating was only available to subscribers of the service. We also verified that the same patch was already available on Debian. Even without my anecdote it should be obvious why it is bad.

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