Using Ubuntu may give off a hipster vibes to the average PC user, but within the Linux community its has the opposite effect.

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• KuraiWolfGaming@pawb.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A friend of mine has been looking to upgrade his gaming rig since its pretty old and low budget. Still even has Windows 7!

  The build he’s looking at has Ubuntu. I’m excited to welcome him into the Linux community.

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• bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It got a lot of press when it first showed up and it was a strong default suggestion for new users for well over a decade.

  I used it for several years and I initially jumped ship to Xubuntu, so it was clearly good enough for me to want to use something similar at first. The distro-specific changes (snaps, etc.) are more likely to alienate experienced users, whereas new users are less likely to object to things like snaps.

  I don’t use anything Ubuntu-based these days, but it has everything to do with my specific needs/preferences. Nothing directly to do with the decisions that get bad press among long-term users.

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• Bruncvik@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I used to use Ubuntu up to 12.04. By the time the support ended, the new versions had the Unity desktop, I didn’t like it, so for a while I switched to Crunchbang (may it rest in peace), and now I’m using Mint Cinnamon. Some of my developers are using Ubuntu with Unity. Everyone is free to pick what suits them; I’m not one to judge them.

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  • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ubuntu is back to GNOME now.

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    • boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But GNOME itself is odd now. Or unfamiliar at least.

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  • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ubuntu is back to GNOME now.

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• milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  it’s Linux after all and that’s what matters

  I agree it’s a good OS to use, and it is Linux, but there are layers and layers of what’s good for the user and the community.

  I think there will always be layers of “this could be done better,” and "that’s in someone’s selfish interest rather than for the best of the users and community. Or at least layers of being better for some people and worse for others. Ubuntu has some of those layers - though I’m always grateful for the good they’ve done the community - and other distros surely have some too.

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• nednobbins@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You pick your OS based on vibes?

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  • Tryptaminev@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Some people develop OS based on vibes. Looking at you Hannah Montana OS

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    • nednobbins@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thank you! I can finally fill the void that vibeless OSes have left in my soul.

      All joking aside, it does raise a good point.

      There are many things that can be objectively analyzed and it might not be a good idea to choose them based off of vibes. When you’re designing those things it’s still a good idea to take vibes into account because people will ignore all that and put googly eyes on their 3-D printer.

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• NightAuthor@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s GNU + Linux

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• Tryptaminev@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My first Distro was OpenSuse. idk. even why anymore, but maybe already because of KDE. I just never got warm with Gnome and to me KDE feels easier to get a grasp off, when coming from windows.

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  • vanderbilt@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have a lot of love for OpenSuse. Back in my teenage years, I used it and Ubuntu a lot. zypper is the best package manager, and YaST made configuration easier since I didn’t know config files yet.

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• mechoman444@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What’s the opposite of a hipster?

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  • oce@jlai.lu ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Shoulderster

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  • lesnout27@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mainstream i guess

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  • thirteene@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hopster

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• captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I wouldn’t say hipster, I’d say nerd. Hipster implies that they think it’s cool

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  • EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think it’s cool :<

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• sgibson5150@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Please clarify if you would. What is a “hipster vibe”?

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  • kautau@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Generally today a hipster is someone who jumps onto social trends they don’t know anything about because they are different from the norm. Often the idea is that they don’t care about the thing itself, but rather just being perceived as different. But I’m a long time linux user, and in my head if a hipster is going to try linux it’s way more nuanced, like real hipsters (and real linux users). You’ll have the dude who tries ubuntu just so he can say “i use linux” to his friends with Macs. You’ll have the dude who asks his bandmate who’s been using linux for a long time, so he tries Debian, but they gets frustrated and stops, because the “cool factor” isn’t enough. And then you’ll have the hipster who goes like all in on NixOS or something and makes it their identity for awhile. I use arch btw

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    • sgibson5150@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Is using Linux a trend? Microsoft must be pissing themselves in fear atop their giant pile of money. 😄

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  • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I hadn’t thought about hipsters in like, 15 years or something. But I like to think of Ubuntu users as Jazz connoisseurs.

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    • 01101000_01101001@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This isn’t “jAzZ”, it’s post punk new wave deep house acid fusion. You’ve probably never heard of it.

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• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was a CentOS-man for a number of years. But Linux is for servers and hobby projects in this house. MacOS is my primary driver. Still mad at IBM / Red Hat.

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• todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Non-Linux users: “Ubuntu looks so hard to use!”

  Beginner Linux users: “Ubuntu is the best desktop distro.”

  Linux Hobbyists: “Ubuntu sucks, I use Arch BTW.”

  Linux Professionals: “Ubuntu is the best desktop distro.”

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• cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  all the cool kids use debian on a thinkpad

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  • Sunny@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    F*ck, I’m not a cool kid 😔

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• johnlobo@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  since when is ubuntu hipster 😂😂

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  • bartolomeo@suppo.fi ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Since the offer for a free personal subscription to Ubuntu Pro when doing apt update. That’s the terminal equivalent of going to a microbrewery and seeing they only sell $8 IPAs.

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• MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Do you use Arch, btw?

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  • Veneroso@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think that you misspelled Hannah Montana Linux?

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    • MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Only the most elite have knowledge of this power, it is forbidden.

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  • Sunny@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I use Aurora, Universal Blue flavour 🌻

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• Alice@hilariouschaos.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Removed

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