I believe the community had expressed a lot of valuable ideas here, so I will keep the post. But I am locking the thread because it's just not information given in good faith. That's not to say that the points are all wrong, these can be debated. And we did debate. But the infographic itself is border to being just propaganda against a distro that serves well to a lot of users (this is a fact! even if me or you think those users could be served better.)
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automatically attaching snaps to apt is pretty much the one reason why I'll never use Ubuntu. and now I find out here that they put damn ads in the terminal for "Ubuntu Pro"? oh get fucked Canonical.
Friends don't let Friends install Ubuntu.
My main home server runs Ubuntu - I installed it 15-20 years ago and it's grown into a monster. I've been slowly documenting everything so I can reinstall with Debian. Have to up the priority of that project.
Debian is so nice as a server OS. It's also a great alternative for WSL if you're forced to use a Windows computer.
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And they've tied the dependency tree together such that you can't disable them without entirely breaking updates.
Even Microsoft hasn't put ads in the terminal I think.
I left Ubuntu some years ago because I wanted apt install a package and it got hijacked by snaps without warning.
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If anyone else would rather read text as text: https://www.linuxteck.com/ubuntu-trust-problem-2026/
Appreciate it as a mobile user!
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Strong agree. I use a derivative that blocks snaps instead of direct Kubuntu now, and it wasn't Just because of the snaps.
I use a derivative
Without Ubuntu Pro subscription the entire Universe repository does not receive any security updates by Canonical:
https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-pro-enhanced-security-and-manageability-for-linux-desktop
You should consider switching to an entirely independent distribution that does not lock security updates behind a paywall, perhaps something based directly on Debian or Fedora.
The updates available through Ubuntu Pro wouldn’t have normally been available prior to Pro. It’s an added service, not something that was previously available that is now locked behind a paywall. There are plenty of reasons to not like Canonical but this isn’t one.
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What's a better alternative that uses apt and KDE and has relatively up-to-date packages (other than Debian testing)?
uses apt
May I ask why you seem to be married to the use of apt?
~~Just couldn't pass up on the opportunity to insert this banger.~~
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Linux mint Debian Edition, and just install KDE yourself ig, otherwise MX linux KDE
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Ubuntu Pro is free for personal use on up to five machines.
Also note that Universe is the community-maintained repository, sort of like the AUR but the community also reviews package creations. The Main repository is maintained by the Ubuntu Project and has always had free security updates.
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the malware one happens in most repos at some point, but the rest is why i dont use ubuntu.
Yes, that is not just OS repos. There have been plenty of cases with PIP and NPM hosting malware.
Not this kind of malware specifically. Their snap repo has a policy of allowing fully automatic app submission as long as the app is sandboxed. This led to multiple people submiting modified crypto wallet apps under the branding of the original trusted devs, without any challenge on Ubuntu's part. You could also put up a Librewolf version that leaks all the passwords you type in, or a Signal without encryption - ✨ endless creativity ✨. This specific attack is harder on Flathub as all apps have to be checked by the moderation team, and they should ask question if your Librewolf package is built from your own repo.
The article: https://www.linuxteck.com/ubuntu-trust-problem-2026/
Thanks. I have to wonder if people became allergic to posting text that can be resized to my screen.
Although the site is also shit, on the phone the text column is like twenty characters wide.
arch
bow and arrow
is this from another dimension?
Is .gif different there?
All symbols are wrong, but in ways that oddly make sense:
- Mint - it's a leaf.
- Fedora - it's a wearable.
- Debian - the logo coils itself, so does a snake.
- Arch - arcus~arco~arc is "bow" in Latin/Romance.
I don't know if what I'm going to say is correct, but this smells like LLM shitting emojis.
Seems in that place a Fedora is worn on the chest instead of head.
I find it rather interesting that the same author wrote a new article about how to install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS the day after writing about Ubuntu's trust problem, but without mentioning the previous article or any point he previously made...
I've come to learn that it might be AI writing these
100%... I just had a look through the other articles too and they reek of AI.
Im pretty sure these articles are written with AI. He already uses AI for generating images for the articles too. Like this paragraph from one of the articles.. Who the fudge writes like this?
Text in image:
This single question filters out script writers from script engineers. Most beginners write scripts that silently fail. Production scripts at companies like Stripe or Palantir use strict error handling from line one.
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Lmao, they put ads in the terminal? Are they pandering to Win11 users?? :)
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is it just me or does especially the text read AI-generated?
The whole "verified facts, no FUD" title is exactly the kind of shit an LLM would write. (And it'll still make up a ton of "facts", of course)
This style of website design is almost certainly AI made
It's also using unicode emojis for Linux distros (that don't really make sense) instead of their logos. The whole thing is likely AI generated.
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why is this infographic AI generated and where are the pixels
Snap is the cancer of Linux. Go work for Micro$lop if you like to disrespect users.
. . . and it all boils down to "Canonical being into rent-seeking and having weird NIH issues that make it push low-quality own software (snaps in the current iteration, but there have been others) over better solutions used by other distros."
Original at https://www.linuxteck.com/ubuntu-trust-problem-2026/
I wondered why they didn't mention that the Universe repository comes without any form of official support and that unpaid community members are expected to cherry pick bug fixes and backport them, usually resulting in no updates, a potential security risk.
Then I scrolled down and they're suggesting Ubuntu derivatives that are also affected by this (Mint pop). I have the suspicion that they don't mention to make these two look good.
See https://www.flu0r1ne.net/logs/ubuntu_withholding_universe_security_patches for a somewhat recent (2023) overview on that topic and how Ubuntu Pro plays into this.
ads in the terminal lol. back in 2009 I was a gentoo user and was distro shopping. looked at fedora Debian Ubuntu and arch and settled on Debian.
I don't remember if ubunto had either snap or unity back then... but I saw Ubunto as mainly making Debian easier to use. I was coming from Gentoo... debian was already easy to use 🙂
now, I use arch btw. switched in 2019 (mainly cause I got new hardware and needed latest releases and latest bugs 🙂)
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Oh how I hated it when I experienced the snap shenanigan firsthand.
Too many pixels
Company gonna company. Switch back to Debian and realize most of what Ubuntu did was copy Debian and allow for non free drivers.
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With a title like that you know it's going to be 100% FUD. Not that Canonical doesn't deserve some of it.
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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.
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pretty sure i ripped out snap by the short hairs. snap firefox was too buggy so switched to mozilla version. btw, i fucking hate apparmor defaults. it's gone too.
root@meh:~# snap
Command 'snap' not found, but can be installed with: apt install snapd
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