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My Pop!_OS system has never shown me ads for Candy Crush.
And KDE looks so much better than windows' DE. It's also more versatile.
Gnome just copied Apple, which I guess somebody had to do in order to have them switch to something that looks familiar.
Actually, Apple copied GNOME.
Wouldn't surprise me. The AppStore isn't the first thing that Apple copied.
Still relevant 11 years later: Has Apple Really Ever Invented Anything?
Also the part where they remove some features with every release to dumb it down?
elementaryOS has tried so hard to fill that niche, and they got so far. I just always run into the weirdest issues when I try and daily drive their distro.
Honestly in the end it probably doesn't even matter
Honestly I love pantheon, feels more natural to me than aqua at this point
I just installed Ubuntu server on my little home server which has faithfully run Windows 10 Pro since it came out. I didn’t want to deal with the ads on Windows 11. I ssh into the Ubuntu install and there is an ad in the terminal!
you mean the "longer security updates with ubuntu pro" thing?
No. I got that too. I’m talking about:
“ Strictly confined Kubernetes makes edge and IoT secure. Learn how MicroK8s just raised the bar for easy, resilient and secure K8s cluster deployment. https://ubuntu.com/engage/secure-kubernetes-at-the-edge”
You see this when you ssh in??? I’ve never heard of this. What Ubuntu version is this?
Also see this on my 20.04 LTS servers.
It’s part of the motd, I’ve seen it too.
It might be time to consider using a distro that isn't ubuntu.
Contemplated it, but dealing with infrastructure bores me. So I think I will just put up with the ad and the lowered expectations.