Unless you prefer modernity

Woah, mint is still on x11? Yikes, I didn’t realize that, if that’s true.

Yeah I’m not saying it’s the worst distro, I just don’t think my multiple experiences with it remotely align with the reputation.

Regarding the UI, I think people want familiarity and even think they want something with a design like that. But in practice the similarities are only skin deep and to me if they’re already going to need to learn all the ways it differs from windows, why not put the same effort into learning something that also varies superficially from windows (just in a different way than mint)?

I think the real reason people recommend mint is, while deep down they know users will have a better time on Ubuntu, they cannot stand the idea of recommending that company’s product directly.

GNOME is fucking great. Anyone can complain about it in a valid way, but to me it’s light-years above KDE and it’s kinda between KDE and GNOME if you want to maximize compatibility with a huge number of apps.

Me either. I have tried it multiple times over the years and I did not have great luck with things “just working” as everyone claims. Plus I hate the windows style DE UIs so it seems like a weird choice that so many people will recommend it and tout it without even asking follow up questions.

Alright I get it now. Thanks.

Thanks. Is this a special interest of yours? I realize now that it was you who has been posting this repeatedly, and with random seemingly unrelated images alongside it.

I was actually looking for an answer.

I was more talking about the bizarre twisted testicle image that keeps getting reposted

What is this and why does it get posted every two hours?

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Of course. I think I hate apple worst though because they succeed at tricking so many people into thinking they’re a “good” company.

Fuck apple

More accurate than that shitty one from this morning

But malicious compliance is absolutely fighting the laws. Plenty of legal ways to be shitty. Turns out I understood you perfectly because you’ve just stated the exact point again which I specifically was disagreeing with. That apple is not fighting the laws. Even if we ignore the malicious compliance you can be sure they’ve spend hundreds of billions over the years trying to stop laws or enforcement of laws that protect apple customers from apple. (No one is saying Google isn’t doing all of this too btw)

Is that the example you want Apple to follow?

I gotta say you don’t seem the most informed on this topic. Are you not aware that nearly every issue people have with Google, outside of ad/privacy concerns, is something they copied from apple? Removal of ports, reducing repairability, etc. Also right now Google is effectively looking to kill third party app stores. Which apple did from the start. In fact when the EU passed a law requiring apple to allow third party app stores, they complied maliciously as fuck. They made it so expensive to do so that no developer could publish an app outside the apple store without literally losing money even if the app was free, they still owe a steep fee, every year iirc.

Ah yes Ubuntu, basically the same as windows.

at least they’re playing ball instead of forceful resistance

Uh what the fuck? In every case they’ve gotten better at all a law has absolutely been required to force them. But typically they don’t get better because typically with every new law they comply as maliciously as humanly possible.

That makes sense. I’ve always thought she’s some kind of demonoid alien but who knows.

She is such a disgusting person.