In this video, I go over 4 reasons why I don’t like Ubuntu. Which are Updates, GNOME, Snaps, and It’s Company History. .
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The only issue i have with Ubuntu is that they force you to use Snaps,and even they know Snaps are inferior to Flatpaks. The first 2 reasons you mentioned aren't that important tho, and the fact that the store is controlled by them isn't that problematic, people are overreacting, because its not hard to switch to Flatpaks and Appimages.
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You did not open chromium, installed through apt. I was curious to compare the launch time.
Interesting video by the way.
Chris I'd like to see you build out a Slackware system. I understand that you have a certain audience that you cater to however, I really think that you could attract more veteran Linux users to your viewer base.
I completly agree with you. I switched from Ubuntu to Kubuntu first and then finally moved on to Tumbleweed.
obv that video got you roasted
GNU/Linux is at it's core FOSS under the RMS model, but the user base is as mixed as it gets.
I use lots of VMs for compartmentalized work stuff and 99% of the stuff I install is FOSS, with the exception of VSCode. I know there is OSSCode and VSCodium but the extension sync feature makes me use proprietary VSCode (not a big deal, even if their telemetry was enforced after explicitly disabled, I use it for webdev so there's not a lot for the glowies and M$ there)
With that being said, Ubuntu is probably the first distro 9/10 normies use and they stick to it. They don't care that Ubuntu is, by definition not FOSS + it's Spyware + it's bloated + Snaps are the literal worst that happened to it + it has mandatory updates (megalol)
To me Ubuntu users are soy Linux users and I wonder, at that point of complacency why not go to Windows? There is more compatibility and software there and the software mistreats the user the exact way windows does…
I last used Ubuntu around 2011 and Canonical turned it into a grotesque bland Windows-like experience without these soy users noticing or caring.
2013-14 outcry anyone?
I also understand that otherwise those normies would never touch linux and in that, ubuntu is extremely helpful towards Linux.
Funnily enough I was about to type: In the end it's a necessary evil at the same time as you said it.
Doesnt he use fedora that uses the gnome desktop now?
The bugs are retarded and I hate having to install the Guest app manually everytime I want full screen plus it causes my Vm to crash constantly.
Well, if you been on the market for 16 years, you bound to make some mistakes. Amazon was the only big one, imho.
Ubuntu has, on the other hand, done more to bring Linux to the point it is today then anyone else. They made a hobbyist pile of Lego parts to something even my aunt can use and enjoy. Ease of use has always been their goal. Many say Unity was a bad move, but the convergence idea behind it was a great idea and let's face it, at that point Gnome was not really usable. It was a shame they didn't have the economical stamina the see the convergence project through. Would absolutely love to have an Ubuntu smartphone that could be converted to a desktop by just plugging it on to a monitor.
The idea behind snaps is also sound. Flatpack doesn't do security very well and is mainly for desktop.
Ubuntu needed something to span their whole product range and snaps was the way to go. Why Ubuntu don't want to open source the store is because they do not think it is in the end users interest that there will pop up a whole bunch of alternative snap servers that delivers only a limited number of apps. That would get us back to the PPA mess again where users have to hunt down snap servers and install them. Not user friendly and something the big software companies would hate.
If Linux is going to have a chance to grow, we have to make room for commercial software as well as open source. Adobe or Microsoft would never go for flatpack.
But if you don't like snaps, you can switch over to flatpack, if you do not like Gnome, you can just switch to KDE or whatever you prefer.
Linux is not static, like Windows or Mac. What we get out of the box from our Linux distros are just a starting point.
Hi Chris, I’m still new to linux and I’m looking for a good distro to use. I have one desktop with a core2 duo and 8gb ram and a laptop with a pentium n3540 4gb ram. What would you recommend? Thanks for the content your putting out!!
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Debian is always better than Ubuntu to me!
Maybe Ubuntu helped in the past in making mass adoption in the earlier Linux history. But it always pass its prime time.
Big fan of Ubuntu and gnome. Can't hang with kde or cinnamon. Too windows like and buggy.
Funny this older video just came up. I just went through install several distros to test useability and ease of use and ubuntu was the only one that gave me trouble with failed installs and buggy package intallations. I might have been a it unlucky, but it didn't leave a great inpression. Oddly enough, other ubuntu based distros worked flawlessly.
Those God d*** PPA, dist-upgrade, and gnome!
proprietary drivers are okay, because Linux is OS of freedom, and it's okay to make money on it, while it is not obligatory. And I think it's cool when Linux has best support on most of devices, even if some of drivers will be proprietary. So any person with any windows / Mac laptop may give a shot to Linux. and graphic card , wifi and Bluetooth will work just fine.
But of course, at least partially open drivers is better, they usually produce less bugs)
I'd really like a video on details of fstab options ,(-noatime -whatever, btrfs grub subtilities…) , you're my refrence to make complex things easy for every one , thanks again !
The unity desktop was what made me try Mint for the first time, haven't gone back.
I love gnome…
Snaps install applications in their own sandbox – which includes all of the dependencies for that app. It's much better for people that "just want things to WORK." ; -)
The thing is: it's easy, specially for who comes from windows and don't have lot of time to experiment with stuff. I installed it for my mother old pc and it's just easy to use
i hated ubuntu
i love arch
simple as
Love Linux Mint
still true in 2021, i prefer fedora
Collage Teachers: Install Ubuntu
Chris: I don't think I will.
Which linux distro You use ?? Please tell me I'll subscribe your channel and like your video too. Please I wanna know 💚
i used linux mint which is based on ubuntu , after i added some ppa s , ubuntu became unstable , i swit hed to manjaro which is better
I recently bought a System76 computer with Pop Os based on Ubuntu. The oly thing I didn't like about it was the Gnome desktop so I switched over to Mate which is much easier for me to use. Do you still not like Ubuntu? What do you think about Pop Os? Since I switched desktops to Mate everything works fine for me but I'm easy.
Ubuntu feels Nostalgic to me now its been 2 years since I started using linux by installing Ubuntu on a old laptop I had lying around. But now I use Arch.
Your reasons are understandable, but most of Canonical choices are like that because Ubuntu is not just for advanced linux users. They do it because Ubuntu is a popular distro that any "noob" would wanna use without being scared of breakage. For example that update notifier might scare you, but they're more worried about the general user not updating their software at all. Linux Mint has this issue with people not updating, and they're trying to figure out how to notify their users more. If you think distros that care about their user's system are like Windows, then you can say that Mint is becoming like Windows now.
ubuntu is for windows user who are too smug to use windows
I can understand reason nr 3…but…reason nr 1…really??? updates??? come on..you can do better than this. Update process in ubuntu is the best, period. Livepatch is awesome. Let's see other distros: in debian and fedora, you are forced to restart after updates and recently they made same update progress bar as in windows. In archlinux, almost after every update, there's a warning for restart. Sooo…yeahhh…in ubuntu, background updates are just awfull …Oh, and gnome is the best desktop environment for so many reasons…stability, lack of screen tearing, keyboard workflow, menu simplicity
Mx Linux ♥
Why it's a problem that they offer paid app next to the open source apps? Snap provides a wonderful and easy platform for developers to bring their apps to Linux so in the end that's a good thing imo.
Ubuntu still hackable into what you want, long as you don't get carried away, in over-your-head with customization. If we don't like something in Ubuntu (or in GNU/Linux, certainly) it's * much * more possible to turn it off. That's the difference between Ubuntu and Windows. The difference between Ubuntu and other Linux distros is * support *. Ubuntu is The Big U. Whether or not it's maker–Cannonical, Ltd.–is the big C. Ubuntu's sheer footprint as a GNU/Linux distribution (esp on the desktop) has generated a * large * and generous Community. Documentation and how-to support are excellent and have been for a very long time.
Yeah, it's too bad Cannonical squandered a lot of user loyalty and good-will by doing the Unity/Amazon thing. But unlike a certain very famous operating system maker, Cannonical * listened * to us (users), and the deal with Amazon & other merchants is gone. So is Unity desktop, alas (though it's now been forked!). Unity was crummy when foisted-off on an unsuspecting user community. But it sure got developed over succeeding versions. And if you didn't like it you could always just nuke it. D/L another GUI & use that. And uninstall Unity if it bothered you.
Dude, I was a * truck driver * for most of my life before falling into I.T. I can still just barely program. And * I * and my trucker self could read how to do these things on Ubuntu forums & do them, and way before I got into I.T. as a profession.
Just don't fall into the graphical Linux trap-door: * too much * customization. Yes, it's a free-and-open platform. But GUI Linux os is like a cockroach (in a good way): it's tougher to kill it with a virus. A cockroach–like the lobster–is a creature that lacks the type of central nervous system found in higher animals. A cockroach can live for up to 2 weeks without its head, and even mate. It would be able to survive indefinitely if it didn't need to eat.
GNU/Linux is immune to most viruses (viri) probably mostly due to low market share. But it's also different in internal, inherent ways that make it tougher to malware. (Tougher, not impossible.) One of these is lack of a central Registry, a' la' MS Windows. But this also means it can be tougher to restore to defaults if we "bork" our iteration.
Just use Ubuntu, learn to turn off things that aren't to your taste, and don't get carried away with personalization/customization. Changing Desktop Environment for one you want more is not overcustomization. Nor is installing Nitrogen or a program like it. Just refrain from mucking about in the sys internals just because you can. Don't care for Snap & Flatpaks ? (& I don't) Don't use 'em. Stick to Synaptic. Its point-and-click functionality is much improved. Just know to use its Refresh button on a new install, let it do it's update things, then shutdown & boot back up. Reopen Synaptic, install the softwares you want. Ubuntu is not so tough. Even for a trucker with virtually no tech experience. 🙂