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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).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Ubuntu 23.10 break graphical installer for local deb packages (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

If you can’t adapt to the user’s behavior YOU are in the wrong.

To avoid this issue, I use a distro that doesn't give a flying fuck about what the user wants.
That's the original Linux way: Someone makes a distro in their free time for fun, or for themselves. If it's useful to others, great. If not, they can go change it, make their own distro or fuck off.

Repeat after me: FREE SOFTWARE ISN'T A PRODUCT. THERE IS NO PROFIT. MARKET SHARE IS IRRELEVANT.

So keep using Windows. Nobody cares.

[+] [email protected] -11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

UBUNTU IS A PRODUCT. IT MAKES PROFIT. MARKET SHARE IS HOW THEY MAKE MONEY FOR DEVELOPMENT.

Or did you not even bother reading the fucking headline?

Or were you too busy moving the goalposts to even do that?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Ubuntu maybe, but Linux ain't a product. Most Linux distros aren't there to make a profit, they're there because someone thought they'd be useful. They don't care about markets hare or anything like that.

If you put the faults of Ubuntu on all of Linux then you don't know much about Linux at all.

If Ubuntu does stupid shit, let it fail who cares there's a billions distros to choose that provide a better experience than Ubuntu, and certainly better than Windows and macOS

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Goalpost moving fuck.

Not there to make a profit? Then why the fuck do all of the major distros have donation pages, and shops, and foundations, and all of the other things that generate money for a handful of people? Stop fucking acting like mainstream Linux distros are still Slackware equivalent one-man operations. That's horseshit and you fucking know it.

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

Then why the fuck do all of the major distros have donation pages

To help for whatever, but they're donations, not selling you anything, not there for profit.

shops, and foundations, and all of the other things that generate money for a handful of people?

Not every distro, not even every mainstream distro, has this. And not every one of these things is necessarily there to make a profit over being a simple donation.

If you think accepting donation necessarily means wanting to make a profit then you might not be the brightest star in the sky

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