• Techognito@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Compared to say arch, gentoo, lfs. ubuntu is easier to install, but I believe the point you wanted to make is that there are distros that are as easy if not easier to install than ubuntu

      edit: I see now that this might have sounded more condescending than I had intended, and for that I’m sorry.

      The point I wanted to make was that there are both better and worse installers out there. Which is something I enjoy about linux and the different distros. You have the option to install something easy and just use your computer as you see fit, or you can tinker and learn different ways your computer can be set up.

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        You’re comparing apples and reactors. Ubuntu is one of the easy to use distros by design. Distros like that try to keep config file changes and things like that from the user. When that fails, the falling height for users is higher, as they now have to deal with a complex problem. The other ones are designed to be simple and require you to handle potential breaking changes manually by default, which means you’re taught to do these things and won’t be clueless when things get hairy.

        You shouldn’t compare Ubuntu to Arch. Compare it to Mint, Fedora, Pop!_OS, …

      • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        That is the most bad faith example you could have picked. You know I meant distros like Pop OS Fedora, Linux Mint, etc. You picked the uncommon outliers which are the most user unfriendly ones possible.

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          1 year ago

          My intentions were never to be condescending, and I feel bad for sounding that way. I edited my comment in hopes to clear things up.

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        meh even arch has archinstall now. not as flashy as some others, but it will set you up with a fully functional desktop as well

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      Community support is great. I can search up any problem and instantly find good results, which is not always true for other distros. I use it mostly at work and I want to minimize the time I spend fixing things. Plus, most programs will have out-of-box support (binaries, tests, install instructions, etc) for Ubuntu.