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Ubuntu 26.04 Will Be the Worst Ubuntu Release Ever (www.youtube.com)
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The author raises some good questions about the licensing of the core utils. Why the MIT license? Why not stick to GNU GPL?

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[–] neclimdul@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not to unmask internet anonymity but I'm curious what sort of snap this is since that surely affects the user base and provides some context for these numbers.

But I think you're probably right. From my experience, people that are not me(arch btw) using linux generally want something stable, not chasing updates or latest releases.

[–] nobody_1677@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's a utility app that is that is available on Linux, Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android. It's a decently popular app and is more likely to be used by regular people than in a business setting.

It's in the top 50 most popular apps on Flathub.