Yup. I like their just in December approach too. I have a problem with distrohopping so I'm often re-setting up my system. Every time I do, Thunderbird pops up donation prompts both in the app and in my browser. I get why they do it, but it's annoying when that happens. KDE's approach avoids this pitfall.
Most package managers do not touch your home directory, so they will not delete user data. That needs to be done manually.
Snap and flatpak are exceptions, with an optional argument they will also delete the app's folder (~/snap/appName for snap, ~/.var/app/flatpakID for flatpak).
their insistent to theme libadwaita apps disregarding app developers wishes against supporting custom themes
Libadwaita theming is not enabled by default. It involves going into experimental settings and I believe there is a warning about enabling it. This does not conflict with Don't Theme My App, that initiative's problem is that it's a problem when distros do it, not individual users who know the downsides.
I wonder if this also affects native Wayland apps that use GTK for decorations, like Discord (with ozone flags set).
They did sponsor/donate to someone who got the Epic Games Launcher working through wine. Don’t remember the exact details and can’t find a link though.
If you're on Ubuntu 24.04, updating your system will also give you the point release.
Update is currently not being offered to 22.04 users.
Good point about immutability and his comment about not wanting to break his system, i forgot about that when writing. But I disagree about Arch, snaps, those are technical details. Not sure which broken packages you're talking about or why him using modified Gnome matters.
The Universal Blue distros are cool though, though I've only briefly used their lightly modified main image.
He wasn't praising immutable systems, arch, or KDE. He was praising a Linux OS maintained by Valve. Many people simply want to use a distro made by Valve regardless of the technical details.
How has your experience been with Pi as a desktop? I've recently ordered a Pi 5 and intend to use it as my desktop, only using my more powerful desktop for heavier games.
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