Ubuntu is possibly the most controversial distribution among The GNU / Linux Community. Many adore her, many hate her, but there are undoubtedly enough reasons for one side as well as the other.
Ubuntu has (and will have) always its merit in history for being the distribution that has been able to bring more users closer to GNU / Linux, and above all, for being the one that has been most concerned about providing a different experience to those users. I already know what many will say, Fedora brings many more news, RedHat is the one with the most income, Mandriva, Mageia, openSUSE and even etcetera, they do their thing and yes, they are right, but none of these distributions has really bothered to offer "something different" to what we already know in GNU / Linux.
Some specialize in KDE, others in Gnomebut they remain the same Desktop Environments for all. A change of artwork, or some other additions do not make these distributions anything special. Then comes a South African uncle who intends to attract the Windows user and even Mac, copying many concepts put on stage by those from Cupertino, and criticism, insults and heart attacks begin.
I always listened to users of Ubuntu strongly criticize that Mark Shuttleworth promised relevant changes that never happened. With each launch we only saw small adjustments to the icons, the Gtk themes, the wallpapers, but nothing else. And users criticized and criticized. Then the time comes, Uncle Mark presents Unity, makes it standard for its distribution, tries to make it beautiful, easy and intuitive for its users, they create their own artwork, with identity, and the criticism does not end. Wasn't that a change they were asking for? Isn't it Unity that facelift that users of Ubuntu? An environment that also served as a reference to create the current Gnome Shell Or will they tell me no?
Not to mention the other side of the coin. There are those who accuse Ubuntu to be a distribution full of Bugs, that it has not matured enough and that with each launch it becomes heavier. I wonder and whose fault is it? Perhaps Canonical is she to blame for this? I would say that the only person responsible for these changes, for better or for worse, will always be the users for whom it is intended Ubuntu. That user who insists that he wants a Linux easier, style Next »Next. That user who does not quite understand that Linux not Windows and who likes to have everything at the click of a button. But above all, that user who is new.
To have the latest, you have to take risks. AND Ubuntu could change your release cycle a bit, or make Rolling so that developers have more time to correct their bugs, but they have not done so and their reasons will have.
The desks (KDE, Gnome, Xfce) they're changing. A computer with 1Gb of RAM perfectly becomes obsolete with each new version. Unity not far behind and everything to try to give the user that experience where the visual is preference before the usable. We no longer want computers to work, now we want them to play by looking at windows with useless effects, gradients on all sides and animations worthy of a video game.
And there it is Ubuntu. In the target of all those who even passed through him, and then abandoned him looking for "something else" and now they are pointing arrows and shotguns at him. If something good has Linux it's the variety, I've always said it. And maybe KZKG ^ Gaara (for example) now use Archlinux, but it started with Ubuntu. Bad or good, that was his first school, the one that prompted him to want to know more and try other alternatives. It was the one that showed him, as a new user that he was, that Linux not a monster with a black console full of letters. Or we have other users as our dear friend Courage, that for the simple fact that it did not work Ubuntu once, you already have personal problems with this distro (for that and I imagine other reasons).
It is an evil that users of GNU / Linux. Our distro is God and the rest is garbage. What if .deb, what if . Rpmwhat if KDEwhat if Gnomewhat if Fedorawhat if Debian. When will we learn that everyone uses what they want? When will we learn that if Ubuntu you don't like it, doesn't it give you the right to decorate it with excrement? Not satisfied? Well, use something else and point in the mouth. What works for some, does not work for others. This is not: "Because I'm right and you're wrong".
En <° Linux We will make Reviews, Comparisons, and in some cases we will evaluate one distribution against another, but it will always be based on personal criteria and not because of that, some of them will lose their merit. In the end what matters is to be able to enjoy the pleasure, the freedom, that can be had when using GNU / Linux regardless of the version or distribution.
I like the conclusion. Each distribution has its advantages and reason for being. It is the good thing about Linux, its freedom and variety.
Greetings.
Thank you. I think that is where all Linux users should go.
+1, if we all saw this like this, and we always thought «the important thing is to use SWL, no matter what distro each uses» everything would be better 🙂
One hundred percent according to the article. Fanaticism towards our distro does not do us any good because freedom is also respecting the tastes and the choice of others and because denigrating each other because we use x and distro what it does is that it divides us, rather we should be happy to know that someone uses linux whatever the distro; That in itself is a smart decision.
Regards from Dominican Republic.
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well the posting, according to Elav's conclusion, one of the things that struck me when I got to GNU / Linux were the blind fanaticism of some (which most of the time scares more than it brings up) and on the other hand, a certain installed idea of that "the more difficult the distro is, the better and more authentic" what I consider bullshit, there are distros for different needs and tastes, personally I am passionate about linux and learn as much as possible that is why I have installed several distros and have increased progressively the difficulty; I started with linux mint, then lmde, Debian, Slackware, now I work with LMDE and am playing with Arch and Fedora. What have I gotten clean? what I said above: the distro depends on the use, knowledge and time you have available.
Greetings.
It is true. Many see it as a test of manhood or whatever. Using Vim, Gentoo, compiling, recompiling, are things that for many, put them above the rest, as if it were a competition. As you say: A bullshit !!!
Good article Elav. Critical, but without falling into unfair or unnecessary disqualifications; and giving recognition to the merits without falling unconditional or fanatical praise.
One of the advantages of Linux is that both the successes and the errors of each distro contribute to the development and improvement of all distributions.
Greetings.
Exact. And it is criticized based on personal taste. Not for that reason others have to think the same.
I stand up and applaud those who have left conformism and their comfort zone (say Windows, Mac or another distro), to try something new and to learn a little more about this world of computing, to those who were frustrated and still So they tried again I thank you for creating these blogs to share your experiences because I also embrace this philosophy called GNU / LINUX and I have learned a lot from you. Where this is going I do not know, but it is not forgotten, users They should know that there are more alternatives, we are free to choose and that no one is less or more, because in the end what we share will not be lost, so it is free software and we want it to be better. What distro do I use? only the one that gives me the freedom to choose what I want and what I want is to know more.
Amen…
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Did you do this because of my comment on the other post? It is that I no longer know how to explain that the criticisms are not just because, I am going to base myself on what I think:
Let's see Winbuntu itself is not criticized, but to Canonisoft's acts.
Mark Shuttlegates (funny as the little word is) said "This is not a democracy" and in a bad way. Nor do I say that all contributions have to be implemented because it can come
KZKG ^ Gaarasomeone to say "The wallpaper must be Katy Perry in a bikini" and obviously that would not be to everyone's liking, but opinions that are coherent can be taken into account.That philosophy of "I do what I get from the tricky and scratch the bitten" goes against the principles of GNU / Linux (especially GNU) since it is a monopolizing and exclusive attitude.
Jaunty resisted the installation, Lucid the same, Maverick with his nonsense and noises, Kubuntu more unstable than my personality. That's where the name of Winbuntu comes from
And it is not the only distro that has given me problems, ArchBang also gave them to me (that's why I didn't like it), but as soon as you solve them, that's it, they are specific errors, not "Hasefroch" errors.
I have used Fedora, Mandriva, Debian and Arch, with these I have had 0 problems.
Another point of my misgivings towards this pseudodistro are the ubunctuals (the number of times I've said it already…), how disgusting people are the ubunctuals, and even the ubunctuals hate them.
Yesterday you came to me with the aesthetics and I said that the Mandriva Gnome was already attractive since before Lucid existed, right and there are the releases, no matter how deep you have on Mandriva (I don't like it either, I don't like copies of nothing).
I have nothing else to say.
PS: You're not going to make me change my mind so don't bother… haha
Shekel? This time I'm going to preach you for being the first, next time I'll send you to the RAE
*forgive
Fuck!!! I don't know where the hell the "S" from the eggs came from ... Corrected ..
I told him ... I told him CLARITO: «Hey, that's with C not with S, fix it before Courage makes you suffer a pain»…. but nothing, as long as I go the other way (as he always does) he left it like that JAJAJAJAJA.
Hahahaha .. 😛
I am another Carlos, different from the one in the comment above. I was the one who had several problems with the installation of Linux Mint 11 Debian Xfce. I think from now on I will wear Carlos-Xfce to distinguish myself from the other.
Well, this comment was to go in the vein of Courage. I would correct you "standard." You left a "t" that has to be there; the original of the English is with «d», «standard». Of course, I congratulate you on the tilde, the Spanishized (and accepted) version is specifically: standard.
Let's see, because as I already told you ... this post is aimed largely at me and my opinion HAHA.
Now I criticize Ubuntu yes, I criticize it and I believe myself with all the right. I like Ubuntu, I liked Ubuntu, yes, but the Ubuntu of a while ago, when it was the time of 8.04, 8.10, those were very good versions (and I think many will agree), now it is something quite different, the way that Ubuntu has taken at the moment is far from what I find "pleasant".
I already told you, I criticize the current product, not the usual one. I'm not a fan boy of (for example) Apple, that no matter how good the product actually is, they are already praising it, just because it sports a specific brand, not everything that says * buntu or Canonical has to be from my liking.
And yes, in a way the attitude of "This is not a democracy" of Mark displeased me a bit, however: "He is the one who put all the capital $, so he has that right, to do what he understands, who does not like it good this is GNU / Linux, can and has the right to change everything »
I center my opinion on what I am currently seeing, that is my current opinion, while I also have an opinion on what X was like X time ago.
I don't know how to explain myself well ...
regards
Hello,
Say yes, I agree with you 100%, Canonical's policy of implementations and releases on Ubuntu has been criticized a lot, but of all the existing distributions on the market, it is the one that has taken care of the neophytes the most, to incorporate constant improvements and innovations, to approach the great mass criticizes this distribution and therefore GNU / Linux and nobody remembers that, only its navel.
Mark Shuttleworth, whom I had the opportunity to meet in 2009 at the GCDS is a visionary uncle in terms of software release, its approach to the end user and if not time to time, we will have the opportunity to talk about how much Ubuntu has helped to evangelize entire communities of users and to open up seas of possibilities in communities with few or no resources to reuse equipment such as "brand new Ubuntu desktops" or any other of its flavors.
Greetings and thanks for this article, it is a humbling experience. 🙂
I am referring to this type of people, those who give out data that they do not know to evangelize Winbuntu.
The most innovative distro is Fedora, also in Fedora what is going to be implemented in all distros is tested
Ah come on, it's his opinion 😉… your point of view has always been clear, and you are understood and understood, do the same with him, or at least respect his opinion 😀
It seems perfect to me that he uses the purple distro but it really pisses me off that they give false data, not only him, but all the ubuntosos.
And that I know about Fedora I have rarely said it
that gritty :), I use gnu / linux and winbug… does that make me an evangelist?
I find it somewhat unpleasant and inappropriate to use the terms "evangelize", "WinBuntu" or "ubuntosos".
Precisely those things that I think this blog post is aimed at. To respect those who use Ubuntu (like me for example).
Don't pay attention to this user, he stopped visiting a long time ago DesdeLinux Well he was a troll.
I suppose that when it comes to innovations, share my judgment on the desktop. He is the type of user who "according to you" evangelizes Ubuntu, and you are the type of user who "according to me" always sets the example of Fedora as a leader in news. : d
This is one of the points where you and I agree.
I consider that a "contribution" is anything, whatever it is that achieves a step forward ... it does not have to be the path of clearly contributing code, you can contribute many other things without it being code, and it would still be quite an important contribution.
Do not limit yourself to the desktop only
I think that if it were not for windows, linux would not exist, because thanks to its errors, nonconformity and monopoly, the entire linux career began, although it was already implemented before the idea was famous, this further impelled the idea. It bothers me the vile way and despises how many users insult windows when for a long time it gave them the applications, games and the use that they had at that time, and even more rude to hear that linux users criticize linux, and you yourself cause the destruction of things, separating as ubunteros and those things, you have to be a user of very mediocre computers to say those things, and much more even when programming lines have never been provided for some software. I hate the fat and nerdy user who sits behind a last generation pc, who has nothing to do but install programs and then criticize "What a contribution to computing." That is why I end up applauding the blog comment, excellent, and rather than criticizing, I would go ahead with free software. Specifically, PCs are not made only for nerds, that user who only uses msn, internet, and facebook and who does not use it for anything else also needs a linux with an excellent graphic interface, and the next, next, finish, and yes It is very difficult to understand that «to you to the user uff, super wuaoo you all know them! buy a pc from nasa, and go with the nerds, and let the simple user be happy with what he uses so it is full of bugs, and useless conses…. Thanks for letting me comment….
First of all, welcome you to our site 😀
I am one of the users who strongly criticize Windows, I openly criticize it because it has caused me to lose data, high instability, mediocre performance on my computers, not to mention security flaws and viruses, etc. Yes, I was a Windows user for many, many years, but that does not mean that I should / have to ignore its errors, just because I have used it for quite some time and it has helped me to venture into this world of computers I should not shut up and not recognizing and exposing their weaknesses, mistakes, etc., don't you think?
As for GNU / Linux users we criticize each other, it is true, it is not something completely positive. Whoever sees from the "outside" (novice users or Windows users, for example) would see little drive, and obviously doubts would arise as to whether he should actually try that "linux" that they talk so much about 😀
I suppose that this way of thinking of humans is put into practice here, where only "mine" is good and I am absolutely right and true, and the rest of the people are wrong and "theirs" is less good than "mine" or what I use. I myself often get lost in debates with elav on whether Debian is better or worse than ArchLinux, LMDE, etc, when in reality what I think is «as long as GNU / Linux is used and it is Free, everything is fine» 🙂
Anyway, welcome to our humble blog, we hope you find it useful.
Greetings and thanks for the comment 😀
Uff ...
Sorry, but I'm not a "super waoo" user or a fat nerd (I weigh 75,9 Kg and I'm 1,78 m tall, I'm not so disproportionate, right ?? xD). If I get into the blogs it is because I happen to be with prawns that get into joints and drunken "pal" body day in and day out.
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NPI of the Linux base, which is Unix, another thing is that they will use Hasefroch as a base
You just got to Linux right?
Copy and paste:
This is what happens with that pseudodistro Capisci?
Let's see if next time your comment is less loaded that I have not done anything to you
But it is the truth, to say something else would be a lie or an euphemism, such as saying, do not criticize canonical, because if it innovates, that's where I get my fonts.
Ubuntu draws on everyone's gnu / linux world and doesn't return much, well apart from a million trolls saying that Ubuntu is the "best" distro in the world and that all the others don't even compare to it. My favorite distro is archlinux and I always try other distros, I know their strengths and weaknesses, but why would I criticize Ubuntu, because it is any distro full of users who the best thing they know how to do is praise Ubuntu and touch its eggs to all the others speaking pestilence of the other distros. They are not all, but the vast majority.
I would like you to refute the blog trolls by saying with your words and without lying that fedora and the red hat are not the most innovative distro and that Ubuntu is. And those who say that Ubuntu brings users, no need to speak when, novices have a problem in "the friendliest of distros" (Ubuntu) end up going to Windows.
And of course, because if Ubuntu provides users, with good reason there are so many idiots in this gnu / linux world in recent years here, idiots who do not even know the history of what they use, who speak to be contrary and who do not have a bloody idea, but for them it's nice to have gnu / linux, because they're geeks and their friends aren't. What contribution could a user who does not even know how to test applications offer? Absolutely none.
The sources yes, ok, but nothing more, most of the contributions are from Red Hat
Elav, do you see? I am not the only one, so that later you tell me about the 20Gb ...
It's what fucks me the most, the winbuntosos
Very good that
Think that at some point, all or many of us were like this. I don't know about you, but I defended Ubuntu tooth and nail (because it was almost everything I knew and let's face it, 3 years ago Ubuntu was worth it), and look at me now ... I recognize your current mistakes, I use other distros, and I have learned a lot .
Perhaps some of those "mediocre" users (to call them in some way) at X time could contribute something. Yes, I believe in human enhancement HAHAHAHA.
I mean, you were mediocre for 3 years… Thank goodness you accept it U_U
What those users contribute are Ubuntu Vs Linux flamewars.
As far as I remember I have never defended Ubuntu tooth and nail when I used it and it was good
A little question for you 😀
Have you tried Ubuntu 11.10 yet?
If you tell me elav that doesn't even ask
This is an innovation like many and in the vast majority there is no one from Canonical, nor Ubuntu: https://blog.desdelinux.net/libreoffice-alcanzara-las-nubes-ios-android/
Are they supposed to be around to participate with The Community? Gentlemen, you have the right to hate them, curse them and everything they want, but understand that they, first of all, represent their interests, that they are none other than creating the distribution that they consider suitable for the end user and above all that, recover the money that Mark Shuttleworth has invested in this project.
But let's see…
In Linux that "this is not a democracy" goes against the principles of GNU / Linux because it is a monopolistic behavior
And that of going for the pasta and that the others pass it by the same forrete
The ubuntosos are so expensive as the colleague troll Courage calls them, who instead of saying distro they call Ubuntu Operating System. Today I saw an article in MuyUbuntu and I was left with my mouth open hahahaha, of the string of nonsense that they commented, some «ubuntosos» said that Ubuntu was the 3rd operating system, after winbug and macOSX and that without Ubuntu the free software is lost .
Obviously I did not comment on the post, what if it was that I laughed a lot and regretted the things you have to read for having eyes and the internet.
Well, I'm sorry to have to be the one to say this, but according to statistics I saw on I don't remember which site (I think I found it through Distrowatch), the order of the most used OS is exactly that:
1-Windows.
2- MacOS.
3-Ubuntu.
4- Guess who? Well Linux Mint.
It would be necessary to look for and rectify these data if they are not true.
They are distros, not operating systems, the operating system is gnu + linux, linux + gnu, gnu / linux or as many say simply linux.
Ok, according to you, but when you look at the System as a whole, Ubuntu is a complete Operating System, in the end, the OS is the Kernel + GNU And what is Kernel + GNU? Applications, compilers ... And what is Ubuntu? A set of all that, plus other applications that make up the Desktop Environment and others.
Come on, I'll make it easy for you so as not to send you looking for: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema_operativo
Things are or are not. If you see something on the street that looks like shit, it smells like shit, you turn away, if you're crazy or drunk, it might look like a chocolate cake, but it won't stop being what it is.
Voucher!!
Eduar2 you just reminded me of an article, I will also leave you to read:
http://ext4.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/hablemos-con-propiedad-tipos-de-usuarios-de-ubuntu/
So you can see the bullshit that say heh heh
Maybe it's just a lack of knowledge, that is ... for them Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Mandriva, etc, they are all Operating Systems, they don't really know the difference between this and the concept of «distribution» 😉
I started on Linux with Slackware and then used OpenSuse. Today I use Lubuntu, although I also have a desktop with Debian.
The truth is, the Unity part is something that divides Ubuntu users even more, and that of attacking oneself on the desktop as there is no left. I used Unity in version 10.10 and that was ugly. I also consider it a necessary change.
I love LXDE because I have a netbook, although KDE plasma netbook is beautiful. ArchLinux I fell in love with its desktop, for its ability to configure even the smallest detail.
I have since 2007 doing and undoing with Linux, relatively short time, and I also think that we should not fight between the users of the different distributions.
I like your blog. Especially the part of the terminals, is what is obtained by working with servers. Using chat and rss I almost look like hackers from USA movies.
I clarify that I mention the terminal because I read it in another tab: p
I found this post by chance and I liked it.
Greetings from some corner of Mexico.
Hello and WELCOME to our site 😀
Regarding the terminal, there is still more to be published HAHA ... that is, email client, and several more tips 😉
Unity, yes ... I share the same thing as you, that will create even more division especially in the Ubuntu community itself, however I think they are gaining in originality, it is worth following the development of this Shell for Gnome closely.
A pleasure to know that we publish things that you find interesting, even if you find them by chance 😀
Greetings and a pleasure to have you here 🙂
Greetings kyo3556:
It is true that Unity divides, but not only Ubuntu users, but GNU / Linux users. The simple fact that it can only be used in Ubuntu serves as a basis for saying this.
Thanks for stopping by.
I personally am nostalgic for Ubuntu 11.10, it was the first contact with GNU / Linux that I had ... My computer broke down and Windows would not work the same again (although I downloaded the 15 Gbyte of drivers, applications, control centers, etc. it did not work as it came from the factory and my recovery went up in smoke in the desert of being without OS) so I left in search of a soul for my computer, there was Ubuntu waiting to be used perhaps by a person who knows how to appreciate what it has and I appreciated the being able to have an easy-to-use operating system by then a total novice in what was GNU / Linux and who "simply" wanted to write a task, find a video, download an image ... Wow, Ubuntu was my perfect distro for being who taught me to navigate different waters ... Then I stopped using it not because it was a ball of excrement but, because my needs went a "little bit" further and I did not want to stay at ease, I wanted to learn a little more ... I think this: Who they criticize Ubuntu are developers of other distros perfect? Also, in my view the philosophy of GNU / Linux should be adopted; respect, coexistence and diversity not adversity ... For that there are distros ... I am not analytical or wise, just 17 years and a month (in a week) in using Linux and this is my little point of view that has no point hehe ... Hopefully those who criticize know that those who do not criticize them ...
The greatest success of Windows was bringing computing to "donkeys" (hundreds of millions of potential consumers) like me, why fool us, I have used Windows from 3.1 in 1994 to XP, which I stopped using this summer of 2012 .
I think that the success of Ubuntu is very similar! bring Linux closer to the same millions of "donkeys" who don't know or don't want to compile packages, or use a computer! Personally I think Ubuntu is a great invention (or fork, or whatever you want to call it).
For other tastes there are other distros, right?
I don't understand how some linuxers are so divided, even among themselves. It reminds me of the ancient Celtic tribes who fought and killed each other as Rome advanced and expanded its empire. Sorry for this analogy, but history always repeats itself and we are beings who forget too easily.
I agree on the current and past importance of Ubuntu. Thanks to Ubuntu things have accelerated and the current Linux experience has nothing to do with that of a few years ago. Now, it has served as a motor but the credit has not only been his. On the other hand, if people criticize her about her evolution in recent years for something, they are not doing something right. Other environments have evolved in parallel and the criticisms have served him to improve; I no longer speak of "democracy" but of learning from what the user, the user of your product seems to him. It would have been less traumatic. Ubuntu remains where it is because deep down it is still Ubuntu, the easy Linux that introduced many of us and not by Unity, which is the element that will make us abandon many.
Completely according to this article my friend Elav, many times we fall into absurd discussions that if this or more which distro does not have the faults of Ubuntu, I have always criticized that Canonical does not take more seriously to release its product with fewer errors, although to that has to take longer to release its next version, but the truth is that although you can hate Ubuntu, you also love it, every time I have tried another distro, (although there are not many because of the problem of the repos and you know which I mean because we are from the same village), I realize that he is loved more than anything else and you go back to fight and try to solve those failures or look for the answers in the NET because the best thing is how innovative this is distro every time it comes out, that's why it catches and you never completely abandon it. I work among a group of computer scientists who see Windows as the best of the best, I do not criticize them, but on the contrary, many times they have criticized me when they saw me working with my Ubuntu to solve that an old printer works or that they from their Windows can access my "shared" in Linux and unfortunately I have not yet found all the solutions as I do not have someone who works hard to learn Linux and exchange criteria and possible solutions within my work environment, which makes learning more difficult , but I am aware of the advantages that Linux has in terms of security, freedom and economy, something that the vast majority do not see at the moment, they know it, but for ease they insist on not spending work and continue with Windows, to not to tire, those who have tried something opt for Linux Mint, the prodigious distro that is more friendly »for all those who like Windows, but do not even realize that it is based on Ubuntu, so I say that forto master something you have to go to the roots, so like it or not, there is a lot of merit for Ubuntu I think it would be difficult to find someone who has not started with it, or who has at least tried it. With defects or not, I continue with it, although at this precise moment I write to you from Widows from another system that cannot be completely renounced by your environment. Thank you very much for the article.
I use Windows for work, but I love GNU / Linux and Ubuntu was my first approach to Linux and from now on I use it because here I feel free.
I finally read an article without prejudice, lately I am quite tired of reading how they discredit Ubuntu. The truth being that you have to be very hypocritical to criticize the distro in most of us we started, we may or may not disagree with the decisions that Canonical makes as a company, but that does not take away from the enormous achievement of ubuntu of being the most distro easy to use (for something it is the most used).
that if unity is ugly, or mir is a betrayal of free software, etc, etc. I got tired of reading that in the last time, it's funny ... google when creating android I take linux, I ruin it (in my opinion) and nobody says anything. when canonical pretends to do the same it is a scandal, the truth is that mir will not succeed on the desktop, but on mobile phones it is a breath of fresh air. Hopefully ubuntu touch comes to fruition because it promises a lot and I have no doubt that it will be fully open, not like android
Ubuntu was and has been the haven of many from practical expert users to novices. At some point even being advanced, many have used it. What bothers more about the distro is not that it is the most popular but the arrogance on many occasions of the company behind it and its community in saying that Ubuntu rules the rest is shit. But those flamewars are dumb. The best thing is to always learn from the mistakes of others and evolve. Which Linux Mint does wonders.
Ubuntu is the distro par excellence to promote Linux but it is not a panacea nor a tragedy it is the distro that has polished many details of the Linux world ...
Those who use it and defend it well for them but those who dislike that XD cease to be childish at once that GNU / Linux is an ecosystem. If everything were uniform it would be boring. Respecting others has to be the goal of an enlightened mind, nothing is gained by using a super-optimized distro that is difficult to configure if you just browse; they chat and see emails.
very good article, I agree with you 🙂
Some users defend their position as children ... Anyway, I liked the article although I do not agree with the author's ideas at all.
Did you realize that this article has already been published for 2 years, right? 😉
Well, what do you want me to tell you, I entered the gnu / linux house through the door of ubuntu tired of windows (I have to admit that w7 is quite robust although very slow) and I have always found myself comfortable with ubuntu although the unity social lenses me they mess up a bit. Over time it became heavier and slower (very slow). I have tried others such as crunchbang (this one is very good but the available software is scarce), linux mint (I never liked the way it groups the applications) and finally debian with kde (which works well but does not get along with the AMD graphics), total that in the end I returned to the fold and I was a supine surprise, I like this saucy salamander, it goes like a shot and although it does not have as many customization options as kde it is moldable enough, my radeon 7770 is going to perfection, I can take advantage of some steam games.
I have a good memory of Ubuntu, it was the first GNU / Linux distribution that I used and it helped me a lot, I think something that is true is that its launches being so fast it becomes somewhat unstable, but it is very good, I currently use Debian , but if you ask me, they are both good 😉
Hi. I share what you say. And the truth is that I have tried many distributions and in different flavors, from the super light ones (like puppy, slitaz, even hummingbird that I think is not linux, but I wanted to see what is up) to those that want to reload everything, and I am more of the minimalist type … Do you know which one I use now? Ubuntu and Kubuntu ... one on each pc.
I recently used elementaryos and many sang praises ... I think I among them ... and well ... I went back to the beginning with Ubuntu, which was the first one I tried ... why? I do not know, but I do not see much against or much in favor, with respect to the others, what I did by jumping from distro to distro I was learning a little about the Linux world, and as a network administrator job (or rather I fix as administrator) everything was mixed with my work ... and I was settling in ubuntu, except for some servers that run centos ...
but I do think they should stop harassing ubuntu, criticize it? welcome ... by God about amazon ... but harassing is absurd.
and I think this is the second time that happens to me ………… I don't pay attention to the date of the articles ajjajajaja ……. It seemed to me that they could not write so much ... it is something very good about this page, they take many notes regularly and with various things of their own.
I think in fact that they are my first page of interest about linux that I review daily (several times) and that I do not enter to "fix" something but to learn something that I did not know, the page generates interest.
regards
I really liked your post, and I completely agree. Ubuntu is criticized whether it takes risks or not, whether it innovates or not. The only crime they have committed is wanting to bring Linux closer to more users, and that is not carried out by some users who like to feel special.
It doesn't seem fair to me. I have tried many, but very many distributions, and in the end I always return to the fold, I fall into Ubuntu again and again. It will be for something, because maybe they don't do things that badly, because their repositories are the worst.
About Unity, I understand that you may like it or not, but you can change it to whatever you want (Gnome, KDE, XFCE, LXDE…). It is great for me for my daily work.
Why else do so many and so many distributions take it as a base?
As long as they don't screw it up, I'll keep using Ubuntu. I've been using it since 2006 (before I had fiddled with Knopix and Debian) and every time I find it a better distribution.
Well my first Gnu / Linux distro that I used was OpenSuse, I don't remember the version, and to be honest I don't like it, after that I continued with winbugs but I was bored of always having to see the blue screens, the system crashes, and the invasion of viruses and spyware wholesale, that's why I decided to try another Gnu / Linux distro, one of them was Ubuntu but as I saw that each new release demanded more and more pc resources, let me use it, now I use LinuxMint which to be honest that distro has satisfied me so far, that's why as mentioned above the good thing about Gnu / Linux is that it has a suitable distro for any type of user whether it is a beginner like me, medium or advanced, the joke is to try and see which of all They are to your liking. Greetings to all and good page. By the way the version I use of LinuxMint is 13 Maya.
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HALLELUJAH! Finally someone says something coherent and deigns to "Defend" Ubuntu!
There are forums that the Admins themselves do nothing but speak ill of the Ubuntu family, (Kubuntu, Xubuntu ...)
It is very very ugly, what do you not like? But do not speak pests without having ANYTHING solid, which is what happens in one of the communities that I know and no longer visit for the same reason, I even saw a user who always defended Ubuntu before everyone with the same words as this article , (Won't you be the same?)
In the end the Admin, who for me is a smart city, that is, the typical one who says "Mine is the best, and the rest of you are wrong" got into a public relationship with the user, this is something very ugly, but in end.
I'm glad I read this article, with 2 balls!