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what OS should I use instead of xubuntu? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I found out that xubuntu spams users including me, which to me is a no go.

I'm looking for a linux based ad free distro that lets me work with libreoffice, vlc, tbb, transmission, okular, pdfarranger, hexchat, gimp and ocr.

I'm going to use it to edit text, watch movies, download multimedia, chat and edit audio with audacity.

it's not going to be a server and I'd like to work with the terminal as much as possible. At the same time, I'm a newbie.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Can I ask what you consider "spamming ads" to be? That could be relevant to suggesting alternatives.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I need to use one of these https://github.com/Skyedra/UnspamifyUbuntu not to get an invitation to join ubuntu pro each time I upgrade.

this never happened before. To me this is invasive, but otherwise it has worked well so far.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

according to the github readme, you can just run sudo pro config set apt_news=false to disable those

if you have things set up the way you like on xubuntu, it's maybe worth it to just do that rather than start fresh

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

thats just a short term fixes too though. the ads will get more intrusive and annoying. and at some point pro ads will just turning themselves back on. because this is a company and it wants to sell things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Afaik you will get this message because you use Ubuntu LTS. Which ships outdated, "stable" packages.

The solution is not just silencing that message and continuing to use them, but some way to get updates OR security backports for them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Who needs stable anyway. We all should just use Arch. (Not an excuse Ubuntu showing ads)

Edit: this is a joke

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Stable means randomly cut off package updates.

Continuous testing and integration is the best way for normal usage. With the iterations "bleeding edge" "fresh" "slightly tested" and "tested"

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

I disagree

Fedora works way better than Arch ever will and requires much less upkeep

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

So if one wanted to run Arch but were of a similar opinion to you, then they could run Manjaro, which is also a semi-rolling release distro. It’s just on the monthly cadence.

Everyone has their opinions on distros. Doesn’t mean any one opinion is wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes but Fedora is semi-rolling, something in the middle. This is about Ubuntu LTS, a traditional LTS version that cuts off packages on some random version.

This should really only be done if

  1. The programs have a supported LTS/ESR version (Linux Kernel, Firefox, Thunderbird...) (btw GNOME, Chromium etc. dont have one)
  2. The packagers have a lot of time, the users pay money and the packagers actually make those versions as bug free and secure as possible, while keeping the feature freeze

Ubuntu is trying to do 2. but have this separation in there to get money.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I would use Debian way before I would use Ubuntu. If 3 years of support isn't enough I would use something RHEL

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We all should just use Arch.

This is the way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Apparently I need a /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I mean, I did get the joke.