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Unity’s Open-Source Double Standard: the ban of VLC (mfkl.github.io)

submitted 10 months ago by TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Another good lesson about why we should trust only FOSS ecosystems

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[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 123 points 10 months ago (37 children)

Really though, what were they thinking. Why would anyone risk staying with unity after all their bad decisions, especially when they clearly have no intention to stop being dumb.

[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (8 children)

edit: The following is off topic, but I'll.leave it as a testament to my gray-beardedness. In my defense: Unity isn't Unity anymore. Don't get old.

I've been using Linux for 30 years now, and for a while I was an advocate for Ubuntu and Canonical (among others, I'm pan-distributive). Then things changed: GNOME 3, Wayland, Unity, something-sonething, Snaps... All too much.

As an advocate, I'm apt not to emerge with favorites, or to yuck others' yums. Neverthekess, Canonical is a press beyond the pale, many days.

In the end, I don't recommend Canonical distros. LMDE is solid, as are most of the *bian and redhat downstreams. I don't recommend the others because I don't know them, but more importantly I couldn't help a friend un-bodge a bad installer on them (likewise for "BSD or Darwin).

But really, no love for Canonical. They went to some Dark Side, and I'll have a hard time forgiving them for it.

[–] leopold@lemmy.kde.social 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This is about the Unity game engine, not the unrelated Unity desktop shell from Canonical.

[–] dis_honestfamiliar@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Well said nevertheless. Both suck.

[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Yes understood. See edts up thread

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