• originaltnavn@lemm.ee
    301·
    2 months ago

    This is literally the reason why I switched over to Debian. At least back then, snaps wouldn’t work if the home folders were not under /home/<username>, breaking all computers on the system I helped run.

    • dan@upvote.au
      161·
      2 months ago

      At least back then, snaps wouldn’t work if the home folders were not under /home/<username>,

      Do you mean that it literally had /home/ hard-coded instead of using $HOME? That’s crazy if so.

  • superkret@feddit.org
    14·
    2 months ago

    8.10 was the last good Ubuntu. (It also had the best default wallpaper ever)

    If you look at the “improvements” in every release since, you’ll notice that shit like they do currently isn’t an accident:

    9.04 integrated web services into the main user interface.
    9.10 integrated Ubuntu One (Ubuntu’s OneDrive, upgradable for money) by default and introduced the slooooow Ubuntu Software Center
    10.04 integrated an interface to post on social media
    10.10 added app purchases in the Software Center
    11.04 made Unity the default
    11.10 removed Gnome as fallback to Unity
    12.04 introduced the buggy HUD
    12.10 added the famous Amazon ad lense to it by default

    and it goes on like this…

  • President@sh.itjust.works
    141·
    2 months ago

    Wait… I’m just about to switch over to Linux on a laptop and was going to use Ubuntu. This looks kind of cursed though?

    • loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works
      30·
      2 months ago

      Tbf, Unbuntu works, but they’re ran by a company which has made some questionable choices. You can still go with it if you don’t care too much, it has the advantages of being user friendly and well documented.

      If you’d rather not, but you want something not too far and equally easy, you can go with Linux Mint, which is based on Ubuntu but disables snaps. They also offer differently choices of desktop environments, the default being Cinnamon (which looks a bit more like windows), and another being Mate, which is closer to Gnome.

      They also have a “Debian Edition”, which aims to stop being dependant on Ubuntu and may or may not replace the default edition someday, but so far it’s not the one they recommend for new users.

      • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
        114·
        2 months ago

        Linux mint has no GNOME or KDE variant, so while they fix many Ubuntu issues, they are still on XOrg.

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          It is a work in progress. Also I don’t think it is going to matter that much for most people. Worse case you can install gnome on Linux Mint.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      Just install something else like Linux Mint or Pop OS. Ubuntu doesn’t seem to want to respect your rights as a user. You do one thing and the sneakily do something else. Its a bit like how Microsoft makes Edge the default after an update.

    • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
      5·
      2 months ago

      Pick whatever looks best. It’s not a big of a deal as we make it out to be.

      Fedora KDE is also an awesome choice though if you must choose something else.

    • Noble Shift@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      Download the live disc images of Ubuntu, Mint, Debian, Arch blah blah etc etc etc.

      Distrowatch.com is a great resource.

      Take them for a test drive before you commit.

      If this is your 1st forlay into Linux and you just wanna ride, do yourself a favor and install Mint. It works, and it’s a great way to get into it easily and painlessly and operates (mostly) how you would expect it to coming from another OS.

      Welcome

    • burgersc12@mander.xyz
      3·
      2 months ago

      KDE Neon or EndeavorOS are also options, depending on whats important to you in a distro. I recommend getting a live usb so you can boot into linux and try it before installing the whole system.

    • send_me_your_ink@lemmynsfw.com
      2·
      2 months ago

      Switch to Linux but you have major paradigm you need to pick. Do you want your computer to be bleeding edge but it be a hobby? Or do you want slightly older and rock solid? Or do you have an enterprise support contract? You only pick Ubuntu/RHEL if you have the last one.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
      43·
      2 months ago

      Ignore the noise and go with Ubuntu LTS. When you get comfortable with that, you could try Debian.

      You could play it backwards too. Try Debian, if you can’t get it to do what you want, wipe and do Ubuntu LTS. But I do not recommend this path if you have no idea what you’re doing. People underestimate how difficult it is to do simple things when you don’t know how to, no matter how trivial.

    • tsugu@slrpnk.net
      77·
      2 months ago

      I would suggest not judging distros by what the online community says.

      Install Ubuntu and see whether you encounter any issues. If not, who cares about what some meme says.

  • vala@lemmy.world
    61·
    2 months ago

    IMO the biggest issue with snaps in the sandboxing. Makes so many apps unusable for development.

  • Mio@feddit.nu
    52·
    2 months ago

    I am against container as they are slower to start and much bigger. I think they solve the problem the wrong way. Next step is probably a VM…

    Firefox have always been possible to run without container so what is the problem for all Linux distributions that containers solve? Nowadays developers have do to both… That did not less the load.

    • 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Windows is shit as well. It has 3 shells and you never know which one is the right one.

      Every OS has it’s pros and cons 🤷.