GNOME (by default), Snaps forced on you OOB rather than being an optional thing during setup or in any of the GUI settings, locking newer security updates behind a subscription, and Cannonical just being a bad captain of the ship.
There’s a reason why Mint is hailed as the new “casual (non-gaming) user favorite”, since it’s literally just Ubuntu sans GNOME and the hostile update design decisions.
Snap is why I don’t recommend it to anyone. It’s super aggressive and responsible for problems (famous example). It also gives Linux a bad impression to new users who still think Ubuntu is a “vanilla” distro. Watching Gamers Nexus struggle with the Steam package is a good example of this, I think. Steve came out ahead of the comments, saying, “I’m sure lots of people know [you need to use the purge flag].” Actually I didn’t know that because I avoid hostile distros that constantly fight me.
+1 for Mint. Snapbuntu must be dethroned as the default beginner distro.
GNOME (by default), Snaps forced on you OOB rather than being an optional thing during setup or in any of the GUI settings, locking newer security updates behind a subscription, and Cannonical just being a bad captain of the ship.
There’s a reason why Mint is hailed as the new “casual (non-gaming) user favorite”, since it’s literally just Ubuntu sans GNOME and the hostile update design decisions.
Snap is why I don’t recommend it to anyone. It’s super aggressive and responsible for problems (famous example). It also gives Linux a bad impression to new users who still think Ubuntu is a “vanilla” distro. Watching Gamers Nexus struggle with the Steam package is a good example of this, I think. Steve came out ahead of the comments, saying, “I’m sure lots of people know [you need to use the purge flag].” Actually I didn’t know that because I avoid hostile distros that constantly fight me.
+1 for Mint. Snapbuntu must be dethroned as the default beginner distro.