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what OS should I use instead of xubuntu?
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Can I ask what you consider "spamming ads" to be? That could be relevant to suggesting alternatives.
I need to use one of these https://github.com/Skyedra/UnspamifyUbuntu not to get an invitation to join ubuntu pro each time I upgrade.
this never happened before. To me this is invasive, but otherwise it has worked well so far.
according to the github readme, you can just run
sudo pro config set apt_news=falseto disable thoseif you have things set up the way you like on xubuntu, it's maybe worth it to just do that rather than start fresh
thats just a short term fixes too though. the ads will get more intrusive and annoying. and at some point pro ads will just turning themselves back on. because this is a company and it wants to sell things.
Afaik you will get this message because you use Ubuntu LTS. Which ships outdated, "stable" packages.
The solution is not just silencing that message and continuing to use them, but some way to get updates OR security backports for them.
Who needs stable anyway. We all should just use Arch. (Not an excuse Ubuntu showing ads)
Edit: this is a joke
Stable means randomly cut off package updates.
Continuous testing and integration is the best way for normal usage. With the iterations "bleeding edge" "fresh" "slightly tested" and "tested"
I disagree
Fedora works way better than Arch ever will and requires much less upkeep
So if one wanted to run Arch but were of a similar opinion to you, then they could run Manjaro, which is also a semi-rolling release distro. It’s just on the monthly cadence.
Everyone has their opinions on distros. Doesn’t mean any one opinion is wrong.
Yes but Fedora is semi-rolling, something in the middle. This is about Ubuntu LTS, a traditional LTS version that cuts off packages on some random version.
This should really only be done if
Ubuntu is trying to do 2. but have this separation in there to get money.
I would use Debian way before I would use Ubuntu. If 3 years of support isn't enough I would use something RHEL
This is the way.
Apparently I need a /s
I mean, I did get the joke.