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Ask HN: Why Ubuntu sucks?
Hello guys!
This must be an old question, but why do peoples always said that Ubuntu sucks? Another distro is better?
- huydotnet 12y agoFound something: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7600/ http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7600/ http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2010073002835OSCYUB http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2010073002835OSCYUB
- wesnet 12y agoBecause it's controlled by a big company and not a community. It's like Windows XP with a custom theme and different tools and utilities.
- mrmondo 12y agoFor me it's generally that they don't properly test their packages properly - there's been sooooo many breaking updates and upgrades over the years, there's also some poor default settings, oh and upstart because... Well upstart.
- johnny22 12y agoI wouldn't use the word "sucks".. But i'm upset with Ubuntu for two reasons: * Going their own way with their own display stack (Mir). * Requiring folks sign a CLA for GPL3 code, which creates an unfair asymmetry between the rights you have to to the code you produced and the rights they have to that code. I think the distro itself is fine. Most of the arguments against it are simply because people wanna be "elite" and look down on people using something that has a decent chance of working right out of the box.
- huydotnet 12y agoThank you guys! It's more clear for me now. So, the problem is: Ubuntu is a fine distro, but it's backed by a (commercial) company, not the community. And this company has done something unfair to the community, the contributors, violated privacy for sending user's data,... Not about the technical or Linuxrism things, am I right?