Linux

5192 readers

9 users here now

Shit, just linux.

Use this community for anything related to linux for now, if it gets too huge maybe there will be some sort of meme/gaming/shitpost spinoff. Currently though… go nuts

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

carrot@sh.itjust.works

With the release of Ubutnu 26.04, a reminder of what they used to stand for. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by mrnngglry@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@sh.itjust.works

19 comments fedilink hide all child comments

This is from 5.10. Warty 4.10 was the first Linux distro I actually installed, after only using a Knoppix live CD previously. I miss those days. A lot has improved for Linux but it seemed like Ubuntu was onto something. Then in 2010s they lost their way.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

They were unbearable the second they started sending every search request to am*z*n in 2012. They enshitified their OS years before Microsoft.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Uhh
Which Microsoft products have you been using?

[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've been (mainly) using Linux since 1996, but I can still acknowledge that Windows 7 (which was still recent in 2012) was peak Windows. As far as I know, Microsoft didn't put ads in their start menu until Windows 10, a decade after Canonical.