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Using Ubuntu may give off hipster vibes to the average PC user, but within the Linux community its has the opposite effect. (slrpnk.net)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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hot take?

Edit: got nothing against Ubuntu, it's Linux after all and that's what matters ๐ŸŒป Edit2: people took this very seriously for being a shower thought..

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[โ€“] [email protected] 49 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The neck beards that judge someone's distro choice without knowing their use cases don't represent the Linux community. Just use the best tool for the job

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I'm not convinced Ubuntu is a good tool for many jobs.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, most tools are pretty bad at all other jobs besides the one it was made for. Same goes for an OS. If Ubuntu is made to off ramp people more comfortable with Windows, then that's just a fine purpose for aln OS.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

It certainly doesn't help new users. At least not compared to Linux Mint and others.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

At this point it's the third best server OS in the Linux space and a below average desktop experience.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I use Ubuntu on most of my servers and dual boot my gaming rig with Ubuntu Desktop mainly to host LLMs. I've been a Linux user for 25 years, I remember playing around with Red Hat pre 2000. Right now though, I want a solid distro that supports lots of hardware (my network consists of x86, ARM, Oracle Cloud, SBCs, etc), has a large community for support, and isn't likely to get abandoned. Ubuntu solves that