Work in progress/abandoned

Why I still like Ubuntu over other distributions

My GNU/Linux journey started on Mint back in 2021. Since then I have tried Fedora, OpenSUSE, Void, MX, Debian, and avoided Ubuntu on purpose. But things changed when I realized most criticism against it is stupid.

Ubuntu Pro

Yup, my 22.04 is supported until 2032 now. My drive is very likely not going to last that long, but a system with 9 years of support is definitely not something to write off as useless. According to their website, you will be getting security patches 1 day after the patch is available.

It's there, and it's completely free for up to 5 machines. Enjoy additional security.

The elephant in the room

Snapcraft. According to a lot of people it's a way for Canonical to control the packaging on Linux.

It may be reinventing the wheel, their performance is not much worse compared to flatpaks, and they actually have some advantages.

Cleaner commands

There is no need to type out full package names like with flatpak.

Configuration in plain sight

With flatpak I would have to search up where the hell is the configuration directory. With Snap, it's right in my home directory.

So what we have here is a flatpak-like system with simpler commands and easily accessible config directories.

"But proprietary backend" doesn't make a lot of sense as an argument, considering flathub admins may distribute different versions of the software if they so wish.