i3wm still works … I might eventually switch to sway.

The desktop environment is the only difference between Ubuntu and most of its flavors.

Probably a bit of both, Torvalds is clearly no Stallman, in good and bad ways. People have a way to justify things to themselves that happen to benefit them … Linux would be a very different project if it didn’t have that US tech corp money.

Organizations like the LF are also useful for coordinating the interests of the various stakeholders, regardless of what one thinks of whether these interests are worthwhile.

I’ve seen people claim that it’s literally the same person running both communities …

Back in my day, you had to search the internet for a Google Chrome installer file, and usually you wouldn’t even download it from a Google site but some computer magazine’s website.

It did have some design wins, I still use Ubuntu mono as my standard terminal font (this includes my Debian systems).

Damn, things are heating up. This one is definitely worth a read, and it sounds like a goodbye, considering that this attitude surely isn’t compatible with a longterm continued work relationship: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/[email protected]/

Though I do think that it’s worth remembering that this discussion is about code analysis tools, not code generation tools. The choices don’t look particular great, considering that malicious actors won’t have any qualms about using AI tools to discover exploits.

People are/were actually using the default Ubuntu desktop, and modern Gnome in general? In a fediverse linuxmemes community?

Granted, it still doesn’t speak well for them if their default desktop has so many issues that don’t exist on the flavors.

TBH I have trouble telling why so many people in this thread complain about Ubuntu breaking, it always Just Works™ for me. Did they form their opinion around 2010, or are they using the six-monthly releases? I always used Ubuntu LTS (and never the default desktop).

ARM is kinda lacking the hardware to motivate developers, I think. Raspberry Pi generally has good support for server stuff, but I don’t think you could really justify desktop use before maybe 2019 (release of rpi 4 with much faster CPU and more RAM), and Android devices are generally really locked down.

TBH most day-to-day stuff still works well on my 12yo mid-tier laptop. I feel pretty good about upgrading its RAM from 8 to 16 last year, mostly to keep up with my multi-tab webbrowsing habits.