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Re: Fix Ubuntu

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Post by rlpb »

levosmetalo wrote: post #39
rlpb wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a fixmint.com? Apparently one is needed: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2013-...

I don't understand what's the complaint here. I'm not familiar with Mint, but if Mint is using upstream versions of Linux kernel, Firefox and Xorg, I can see that only as a good thing, since I have more trust in upstream core developers of these packages then in Ubuntu or any other distributions "hardening". Just remember the Debian OpenSSH security fiasco where Debian "fixed" the security flaw in upstream OpenSSH an…

My interpretation of that thread (I don't know any more than what is written there) is that Mint turns off security updates for those packages. There's no mention of them using another source for updates. AIUI, there are no updates.

Re: Fix Ubuntu

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Post by octagonal »

drill_sarge wrote: post #53

People use default Ubuntu with Unity? From what I see, most people use a variant (X/L/K) of it and those are really well put together without (most) of the Canonical crap.

The people you know don't use stock Ubuntu. My mom and yours don't even know what a package manager is.

Re: Fix Ubuntu

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Post by rlpb »

tsaoutourpants wrote: post #55
rlpb wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> "And our use of the trademarked term Ubuntu is plainly descriptive—it helps the public find this site and understand its message." I disagree. askubuntu.com already exists and is officially sanctioned. From domain name alone, I think it's reasonable to assume that users will believe that fixubuntu.com is also officially sanctioned. Traffic generated by users being misled into going there is not legitimate in terms…

Why would Canonical put up a Web site about how to fix their own product, rather than just fix it? This guys use of their mark clearly falls under the nominal use exception of fair use.

fixubuntu.com could reasonably be assumed to be an Ubuntu troubleshooting site.

Re: Fix Ubuntu

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Post by fearandclothing »

tonylemesmer wrote: post #49
Mikeb85 wrote: post #34

This whining about Ubuntu is ridiculous. Removing the shopping features is easy enough anyway, without devoting a site to it, never mind posting it to HN. Furthermore, there's plenty of choices out there. The best of which (IMO) are openSUSE, Fedora, and Arch/Manjaro. Mint is terrible - like a buggier version of Ubuntu or unstable Debian... Furthermore, Canonical puts alot of work into Ubuntu. They deserve to get pai…

is it possible to pay them and get an "ad free" version?

There's an option to donate when you download the .iso, so I suppose you could just do that and then uninstall the Amazon stuff.

Re: Fix Ubuntu

#68

Post by sandGorgon »

Pxtl wrote: post #16

All Linux distros should be free charities and their developers should eat catfood and ramen.

No - I'm actually willing to pay for a good fast, stable linux with multimonitor support (that doesnt suck), has excellent suspend/hibernate/resume behavior and has very good compatibility with multimedia (TV HDMI, etc.)

I'm in India - and I cannot afford a Mac (and maybe dont want to). Build this system on top of SteamOS or Android or something (for hardware compatibility) and you will get my money.

Re: Fix Ubuntu

#69

Post by taeric »

tonylemesmer wrote: post #49
Mikeb85 wrote: post #34

This whining about Ubuntu is ridiculous. Removing the shopping features is easy enough anyway, without devoting a site to it, never mind posting it to HN. Furthermore, there's plenty of choices out there. The best of which (IMO) are openSUSE, Fedora, and Arch/Manjaro. Mint is terrible - like a buggier version of Ubuntu or unstable Debian... Furthermore, Canonical puts alot of work into Ubuntu. They deserve to get pai…

is it possible to pay them and get an "ad free" version?

Since it is basically possible to get an "ad free" version by disabling that feature, and it is possible to donate to them. Yes?

Re: Fix Ubuntu

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Post by drill_sarge »

octagonal wrote: post #62
drill_sarge wrote: post #53

People use default Ubuntu with Unity? From what I see, most people use a variant (X/L/K) of it and those are really well put together without (most) of the Canonical crap.

The people you know don't use stock Ubuntu. My mom and yours don't even know what a package manager is.

My parents use Xubuntu because it's the closest you can get to WindowsXP ;)
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