Ubuntu
Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.
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Ubuntu Server LTS is the base of every host we run: a dev box that also serves production sites, a separate production server, and a couple of smaller VMs, all running Docker with a Traefik front. The appeal is predictability. Five years of security updates on an LTS release, packages that most documentation already assumes, and an upgrade path we can plan instead of chase. Our only real friction has been the defaults that assume a desktop-style setup, for example snap-packaged tools and...
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It is surely better than Windows but come on, they support proprietary software as their horrible snaps while flatpak is foss and is closer to be widely used than snaps will ever be. Canonical had a lot of controversies with spying users as when they literally sent your searches to amazon, telemetry, bad updates that looks like beta (as when they were putting their rustified GNU utils into the OS, and they were NOT ready to be deployed) If you are leaving Windows i recommend you using Linux...
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I just deleted Windows today and installed Ubuntu on my desktop. Ubuntu is very easy to learn I had it up and running on a 9-year-old desktop that I received for free
Why does everyone who first install Linux talk about this to the community?
Because for years we ( Windows users) were under the impression that Linux was so complicated and that Windows was going to be the only OS that we would ever use. BTW I like Windows 10. I just hate the fact that Microsoft basically owns your PC after agreeing to the TOS
As of 2018, Ubuntu's installer will collect data about user devices. This has caused outrage amongst Linux users.
Firstly, it's opt-out, rather than opt-in.
Secondly, it shouldn't even be there.
Thirdly, Canonical (Ubuntu's creators) have a very poor record on privacy, including harvesting local searches to drive Amazon sales and hostility to critics or their privacy practices.
Try Linux Mint or Manjaro instead. Linux Mint is completely compatible with Ubuntu, but comes with added features that make it even more user-friendly, especially for beginners. Manjaro is not based on Ubuntu; it's based on Arch. Although Arch has a daunting reputation as a difficult-to-use distro, Manjaro has been completely sorted out by its creators for user-friendliness. It supports both its own and the AUR (Arch User Repository), which means access to tens and tens of thousands of apps. If you don't know which to go for, consider also: Mint will be as stable as Ubuntu, Manjaro is a semi-rolling distro, which means it gets very regular system updates. Both are available with different desktops, and both are very much better than Ubuntu. I use Manjaro and would never use Ubuntu.
[Edited by JohnFastman, May 27]
One thing isn't true: Settings, Privacy, Problem Reporting.
What about to buy the support?
Ubuntu Server LTS is the base of every host we run: a dev box that also serves production sites, a separate production server, and a couple of smaller VMs, all running Docker with a Traefik front. The appeal is predictability. Five years of security updates on an LTS release, packages that most documentation already assumes, and an upgrade path we can plan instead of chase. Our only real friction has been the defaults that assume a desktop-style setup, for example snap-packaged tools and services we did not ask for, which we strip out on a fresh server. For a boring, well-documented Docker host it does the job.
It is surely better than Windows but come on, they support proprietary software as their horrible snaps while flatpak is foss and is closer to be widely used than snaps will ever be. Canonical had a lot of controversies with spying users as when they literally sent your searches to amazon, telemetry, bad updates that looks like beta (as when they were putting their rustified GNU utils into the OS, and they were NOT ready to be deployed) If you are leaving Windows i recommend you using Linux Mint (which is Ubuntu without garbage, or you can even use the debian edition) or Fedora, and if you like it and want to go deeper you can try using Arch/Artix, Opensuse and other rolling releases...
Mylna may change everything!
As the first one, I like it, it does the work almost always
Most popular and stable linux distro ever. Interface is classic and with most DEs as official spins, it wins. Not to mention, majority of servers work on ubuntu.