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Ubuntu's trust problem in 4 concrete issues - verified facts, no FUD (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ubuntu is a distro for corporation, not individual users. It's fine if your company gives you Ubuntu laptop managed by desktop support but you should not install it yourself on your private computers.

[–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

A big part of the article is pointing out how Ubuntu forcing snaps makes corporate management significantly harder; how ads in the terminal are unacceptable and can confuse junior admins and logging software. Ubuntu is not a distro for anybody. Linux Mint, Debian, or Fedora are all better options.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 3 points 1 week ago

My previous company did some research on what distro should the offer employees and they picked Ubuntu. No idea what they were taking into account but for some reason Ubuntu looks attractive to corporations.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Canonical's the new Red Hat,