Is Ubuntu Becoming the New Windows?

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Speaking of Ubuntu, they are now the first Linux OS option to come pre-loaded onto Framework laptops.[1] This is what came to my mind when I saw the title.

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Off topic (ish)

They should put SteamOS/Bazzite on the Framework 16 :rofl:

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Unless a Linux distro supports mods from Curse, and supports Aurora from CheatHappens, and DRM like from Helldivers 2, I can’t make the switch.

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I don’t know if this will still be relevant by the time the live stream happens, but at the time of posting this comment Much, if not all of Ubuntu and Canonicals infrastructure appears to be down.

With Canonical citing a

sustained, cross border attack

References:

I don’t really have a specific question regarding this incident, but it would be interesting to hear your thoughts.

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I use Windows for gaming and Fedora for everything else, on separate SSDs.

Helldivers 2’s DRM is extremely invasive and runs at the kernel level.

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I haven’t personally played Helldivers 2 on linux, but according to ProtonDB it should work.

I don’t know about the status of the other things @Bhaelros meantioned though.

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Unironically yes, atomic distros like bazzite and steamos are both more secure and more user-friendly (read: harder to break and easier to recover) than non-atomic distros like Ubuntu. Also the fact that Universal Blue distros (fedora atomic based Bazzite, Aurora, and Bluefin) are community-run and not corporate like Canonical’s Ubuntu or System76’s PopOS.

What I wouldn’t give for a world where the “default Linux”, so to speak, was Universal Blue (Bazzite for gamers, Aurora for non-gamers coming from windows, Bluefin for non-gamers coming from Mac), and not Ubuntu.

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