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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Ubuntu Council corrects forum moderator's interpretation of rules relating to queerness (web.archive.org)

submitted 1 day ago by Cris_Color@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Was surprised no one bothered to post this give how big of a reaction this story got.

Wanted to post the update and correction cause that deserves to be seen just as much. This seems like a reasonable, thoughtful handling of the issue.

I still don't really wanna use Ubuntu though 😅

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[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I think they've had a number of controversies over the years, but I think the big frustration people have at the moment is really just that snaps are kind of a crummy thing in several respects, don't have an open source backend, and often don't work as well as flatpaks (to my understanding)

The increasing commitment to going down that path is a big turn off for many, and disqualifying for some.

That being said, I have used and been happy with Ubuntu in the past. I think some of the dislike is just motivated by "thing popular", especially since it's so popular with folks new to linux who are still figuring things out

[–] trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Just here to add that, yes, Snaps are very broken. Do not use them if you value your time or well-being.

The annoying thing is that Canonical dishonestly co-opts your apt invocations for snap installations, so you're likely to waste hours of your life trying to figure out why the thing you installed doesn't work or takes forever to launch randomly. And they keep Snapifying more of their distro, so even things like GNOME packages are only available as Snaps.

[–] clb92@feddit.dk 3 points 18 hours ago

Snaps are basically the only reason I don't use Ubuntu.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Thats kinda worse even than I thought :/

Thank you for sharing additional perspective I appreciate it!