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[–] [email protected] 164 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Please don’t fucking touch anything to do with Linux Musk. Please.

[–] psmgx 88 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Crazy, rich South Africans is how we got Ubuntu

[–] [email protected] 65 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But would you like to upgrade to Ubuntu pro?

[–] ichbinjasokreativ 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Ubuntu pro is not at all a bad thing. It's free to consumers but you can also just ignore it if you don't need it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ichbinjasokreativ 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The ssh prompt? I think you just need to mess with the files in /etc/update-motd.d

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The prompt on the desktop that says there and pending updates that can only be installed with Pro.

[–] ichbinjasokreativ 5 points 3 weeks ago

I've been using Ubuntu for about 3, years now on the desktop and I don't know what you're talking about. Where exactly is that prompt? And they're not hiding updates behind pro, it's just extra on top of the updates you'd get on other distros.

[–] QuaternionsRock 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ichbinjasokreativ 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It is for up to 5 devices, so small-scale homelab stuff can be covered without cost.

[–] QuaternionsRock 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ichbinjasokreativ 1 points 3 weeks ago

Does what? Sign up for ubuntu pro? For that you just need to go to their website and register. For the homelab stuff you could start small - maybe a linux nas with a few VMs for a pihole or something.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ubuntu is a gateway drug to Arch.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

And arch is a gateway drug to NixOS or gentoo

Select your drug now

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I smoke my Linux with a filter.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, a Zorin user

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have selected Fedora. Where did I go wrong?

[–] psmgx 8 points 3 weeks ago

Something something IBM something

[–] Opisek 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm an Arch user flirting with the idea of NixOS. Is it too late to save me?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Hes to far gone SMH

I ran nix for awhile and it was super stable, i just kinda got bored of using it. I know its really powerful with nixpills and flakes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Funny Gentoo actually was my gateway to arch. Loved the customizability of Gentoo and the rolling release model.

But building Chrome and Firefox (I needed both for work reasons sometimes) every update was the nail in the coffin. Switched to Arch and didn't miss a thing.

[–] rwhitisissle 6 points 3 weeks ago

It's also how we got snap packages and apartheid, and I'm not even sure which of those is worse. (yes, I'm joking)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Could you elaborate on this for those of us who don't know the context?

[–] dustyData 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Canonical, the company that is responsible for Ubuntu, was founded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth to sell B2B Linux tech support.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Aha thanks for letting me know 👍

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Par for the course

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago

Linux Musk sounds like the evil counterpart to Mint. A fork of Red Star OS, etc.

[–] foofiepie 8 points 3 weeks ago

Linux Musk Cinnamon. Yours for a modest subscription.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I mean Tesla cars are just x86 Linux machines