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    [–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

    I'm sure there are as many reasons as there are people who dislike Ubuntu, but here's a few:

    • They injected internet ads into search
    • To many outside of the community if they have any familiarity with Linux on a desktop, it's with Ubuntu which kinda places it in a position to newcomers as being Linux itself rather than one particular flavor
    • It is very opinionated about look and feel and usability: i.e. their custom launcher and Snaps
    • It's popular
    • It has a reasonably large user base so there's more opportunity for people to find things to nitpick over.

    Overall it's fine. I've used Ubuntu, Mint, Puppy, DSL, Arch (btw), Fedora, and Debian. I can do pretty much anything I need to on any of them. I've got my preferences about the correct balance between useability, upgrade schedule, and customizability.

    [–] ch00f@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    They injected internet ads into search

    They did? Like filesystem search? I don't see that.

    [–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    As ferret mentioned it was in the past, but they were prominent:

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    [–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

    It was the application browser, and they rolled it back after the backlash.