Of course, that presupposes that you agree with me that it is shit. Okay, well, if you don’t, you don’t.

Look. When I install a new system I do not want a screen reader. I do not want fonts for umpteen different languages that I didn’t even know existed, let alone be able to read or write in them. Yes, all of those people that need those things should be able to install them, I don’t disagree with that at all, but why the hell are they foisted on the rest of us, gobbling up disk space for zero reason?

It gets worse.

I’m not allowed to uninstall ubuntu-advantage-tools despite not having Ubuntu Advantage, because if I do so I’ll find that I’d lose the ubuntu-minimal package, amongst other things, which is “used to help ensure proper upgrades” and you’re warned you shouldn’t unindstall it.

Of course ubuntu-advantage-tools is just one thing, there are… let’s just say “many” packages which you just couldn’t live without (because if you tried to, a whole bunch of packages that you actually couldn’t live without would be uninstalled as well. Like the GNU C pre-processor. Why? If I’m not doing C programming I don’t want it. It’s that simple. But great gobs of the system apparently rely on it. Or gcc. A running system relies on a fcking compiler. F. R. O.

  • HMH
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    Ubuntu takes a batteries included approach, like this nearly everything works out of the box without the user being required to go package hunting. This is why Ubuntu is very beginner friendly and I tend to recommend Ubuntu for people who want to switch to Linux.

    In your case it sounds like Ubuntu is just not the right distribution for your needs. It appears you want something like Arch Linux or NixOS; those distributions give you quite a bit more control and writing your own packages is IMO more comfortable.

  • @Lightbritelite
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    I think Ubuntu is a good desktop for folks who can’t or don’t want windows. Whenever tech blogs say it’s finally the year of the Linux desktop, i think they’re pretty much always referring to Ubuntu because of its inherent familiarity to non Linux users. Especially since Apple and Microsoft created their own “repositories” via their app stores, and windows 11 copying features from the Linux world.

    I use pop-os (which is Ubuntu) because i appreciate the quick setup. As much as i like to tinker with the computer, setting it up is what gets in the way of blasting through Blender files and such for me.