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7.6 from 559 review(s)
Version: 22.04
Rating: 3
Date: 2022-05-20
Votes: 1
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I have been using Ubuntu since Hardy Heron (2008). It was an enjoyable trip until Canonical began to stuff their distribution with unnecessary packages and services. Ubuntu advantage/popularity packages, cloud services are installed and enabled by default. The bloat only got worse when SNAPs were introduced. More and more applications are being converted to rely on SNAPs which despite of glamorous claims brings more and more noticeable disk/memory/CPU overhead.
After installing 22.04 and experiencing it for a month I am switching half of my environment to Arch to see how that plays out. With Arch it feels like I am in control again.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-05-14
Votes: 5
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Ubuntu is a solid, stable, usable OS.
PROS:
- FOSS; Fairly good looking, Fairly Stable, Long Support commitment.
- Installs proprietary drivers during installation.
- Detects Graphic Tablets and adds a menu to Settings where its buttons can be configured. (No other distro I used gave me this option by default).
- Unicode characters ( ∞, ∜, ￡, π, ∴, ∈, ±, ≅, ∑ ) are just one Super key press away.
(Many distros don't let us search unicode characters via default launchers)
(Yes compose key-combos work on all distros but it is a rarity that beginners will know these)
- Steam installs and runs well.
- Live USB writer is available no need to search and install "BaLeNaEtChEr'S AppImage".
- Alternate Desktop environments available but 'MATE' is the only modern looking one.
- Packages for 'apt install ' can be searched using "packages[dot]ubuntu[dot]com" which contains more proprietary packages than "packages[dot]debian[dot]org" or "packages[dot]fedoraproject[dot]org".
CONS:
- Locked into Snap installs
- Not customizable enough
- Linux used to be fun but now we are stuck with GNOME (Most distros use gnome as DE)
- No Clock, Weather, Image Editor apps are installed by default.
- The error message "The application Passwords and Keys has closed unexpectedly" will keep popping up without any perceivable reason.
Many complain about forcing of snap packages by Canonical through apt, in my experience 'sudo apt get ' doesn't install snap packages. Snap is not as bad as people hating it make it seem, for me flatpaks are more resource hungry. I have a low end PC with 4GB RAM and an old i3 processor with old 500GB HDD, snap packages take longer to load but don't hang while working but on the other hand flatpaks tend to be bigger and hang a lot for me. Yes DEBs are better and forced lock-ins are against the FOSS ethos but it is what Canonical thinks will get people trying out snaps, I think they will listen to the users by the time they release Ubuntu 26.04.
People complain about lack of customization and I agree, but this OS is best for Students, Teachers & beginners in general who are not power-users and just want to get everyday things like making notes, document editing, online-learning, coding etc be done quickly.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-05-11
Votes: 1
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Downloaded latest LTS, great to see positive changes, it is stable enough to use as a daily driver, BUT:
Used Ubuntu and loved it, but now it is not possible to use apps like flameshot, means it is not possible to make a simple screenshot and annotate it, which makes Ubuntu useless for me and I simply cannot use it for my work. Built-in tool is good, but there's no options to put an arrow or some basic stuff to that image.
Please extend functionality in this area and this nice distributive will be usable again. I am sure that many people make screenshots every day to help others make better things.
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