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rm -rf /usr due to typo (sh.itjust.works)

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[-] nil@piefed.ca 7 points 2 days ago

That's what you get for using Ubuntu

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

Kind of an asshole statement tbh

[-] nil@piefed.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Ubuntu tries to become (or is already) the de facto standard. That is what assholes do.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

We should probably burn down the homes of people who use it then /s

[-] nil@piefed.ca 7 points 2 days ago

Honestly, I meant it for a joke, but people started taking it seriously, I don't know where to end this.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Hmm alright. I too dislike some things about Ubuntu but on the other hand you cannot blame people (myself included) who either have tried other distros and had support issues and came back to Ubuntu based, or those who just want the easier route to begin with. Ubuntu-based seems to be a good compromise for many. I've also used arch and fedora and had more headaches and breakages on those. Also I literally have a laptop that gets supported on Ubuntu so it makes life easier all around. Fuck some of the things canonical does but I just do not want to spend time with things like fixing my wifi connection after running pacman -S install or whatever that command is.

[-] nil@piefed.ca 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, but I think forks of Ubuntu such as Mint or Zorin deserves more recognition as first Linux distro. Choosing Ubuntu just because everyone else is using just feels very wrong.

I too got tired of using those niche distros and once settled on Solus (but now using NixOS for some reason).

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Well imo, on lemmy anyhow, they do get a million times more recognition. Everyone is in the cult of Mint, which is one of the few I tried briefly and actively did not like it.

[-] nil@piefed.ca 3 points 1 day ago

On Lemmy yes, but we're in a filter bubble. To average Windows users Linux equals Ubuntu.

[-] kalpol@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

'I use arch btw'

[-] nil@piefed.ca 2 points 2 days ago

close, but I use NixOS

[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Is ubuntu bad? I use mint as i am fairly new to linux.

[-] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 22 points 2 days ago

Ubuntu is owned by Canonical, and they have been making some decisions that a lot of people in the community don't like, most notably, the enforcement of snaps (in a nutshell, the repos are proprietary and centralised), but they have been involved in various other corpo shenanigans as well

But I don't think "X distro is bad, don't use it" is very useful unless it is dangerous or harmful to the user.

Ubuntu (or the various other buntus) work for some people, and without them, far fewer people would use Linux. The benefit of Linux is the amount of choice you get and being able to easily switch between distros (you can even dual boot if you want!)

So if you like Mint, stick with that. If somebody prefers the buntus, it's great as long as they are respectful to others!

Distro wars are stupid

[-] forestbeasts@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago

Oh and BTW Mint is fine! It's based on Ubuntu sure, but actively undoes and strips out the crappy stuff Ubuntu adds.

They also have Linux Mint Debian Edition as a backup in case Ubuntu goes really evil.

-- Frost

[-] MrKoyun@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

It's not really bad. It's just kinda distasteful due to stuff like Snap packages and Canonical's position of privacy as a company. But it isn't really a bad distro if you ignore that stuff. If it works it works.