I wonder if it's even worth switching from Ubuntu.

>>59516487
Then use Debian
>*buntu without the spyware

>>59516609
There was no spyware to begin with you idiot.

this is a lie. install gentoo

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>>59516635

'Spyware' disabled in 16.04 as well.

Unless I'm missing something?

>>59516487
It's worth if you need it. I'm using Gentoo right now because of how I patch an awful lot of shit and using something else would just get in the way

>>59516735

I'm starting to think that the people who disapprove of *buntu are the mid-range Linuxers. The 'advanced' ones don't see a problem with it for what it is. My brother, a Slackware user for years, thought it was cool that I was using it.

Im quite pleased with mint desu, use it at work all the time for basic stuff and it has been chugging along just fine.

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>>59516635
It had Amazon spyware of some sort but it was disabled.

>>59516688
Correct

>>59516487
I personally prefer Debian, but if it works for you - then it works for you

>>59516980
It had a customizable dash search function that included results from Amazon, completely documented and open-source. If it was spyware, then how is any app that connects to the internet?

>>59516487
Yes it is. But it's flavours are inferior to their non-buntu counterparts such as Lite/LXLE/KDE Neon.

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>>59516487
that picture couldn't be any more true

>>59517009
If I remember rightly, the issue was more the fact that you couldn't turn if off, and not everyone wanted results for trashy romance novels every time they typed 'man'

>>59516688
>>59516635

why would you ever trust ubuntu again after trying to pull that shit when their product isn't any better than debian or fedora

>>59516980
GNU/THANKS

>>59517062
You could actually uninstall it before they jiggled things around because idiots wanted a switch.

>>59516780
To confirm your thesis, my journey was:

SuSE (that was the name then)
Slackware
Arch (when it still had version numbers)
Ubuntu (5 years and loved Unity)
Gentoo

>>59517062
>couldn't turn if off
bullshit
>not everyone wanted results for trashy romance novels every time they typed 'man'
Why the hell would you type 'man' in the dash?

4 months since i switched to arch, everything works like a charm.

only reason i won't switch to gentoo is because my laptop is a fucking potato, i would kill myself waiting to compile everything

>>59517139
0.02 cents have been deposited into your amazon prime account

>>59516487
I settled on openSUSE Tumbleweed because it has new packages, good automated QA, OBS, and possibly the best graphical installer I've ever seen.

>>59517139
To get a fucking manual for a command line utility you dunce

>>59517178
>>>59517139
>0.02 cents
He's rich

>>59517204
Which you'd type in a terminal, not the fucking dash

What if I just installed Mint from the get go and never gave a shit what you fucking loser neets think lol?

My journey of autism:
- Arch
- Debian
- Gentoo
- Slackware

Noobuntu what? It just Debian derivatives.

this is me except

ubuntu
mint
crunch bang
debian
xubuntu
lubuntu
kubuntu