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Ubuntu. It's violating many rules of freedom, and just isn't good. Their DE spins aren't good, snaps aren't good
The first time I tried ubuntu I did not install it because it felt like half of the screen space was used up by the sidebar, top bar and window decoration so yeah.
That little detail put me off of installing linux for like a year or so because I did not knowthat you can easily change stuff like that
Hard disagree. Their GNOME implementation is great, the distro is stable and snaps are fine. It's just not quite as libre as some people want.
If only snap isn't forced, it will be great for ubuntu...
And didn't take ages to get a minor version.