Mark my words. There will be Linux that does this and it will be the most popular distro.
… time to re-boot development on Hannah Montana Linux, it is then…
Ubuntu has that dumb subscription to get security updates that pushed me away. Sure it was free for personal use, but I don’t want to have to give my personal information to get updates that are created primarily by volunteer open source developers anyway.
as far as I understand it, they aren’t directly from upstream, canonical makes or backports those patches.
that’s the whole point, subscribing gets you patches before the devs of the packages do for that version
Exactly. But the corporations do it because it benefits them more than starting from scratch. They should release all changes to the central repository for all to consume as part of the agreement to get the benefit of the already created software. Not hold onto the patches to give them to their customers and people who pay them with their personal information.
What do you think canonical should charge for? They do put a ton of work into the linux eco system
Same they did before or red hat does or every other corporation who has benefitted from the labor of open source developers. Services built on those things or built around them. Not the things themselves. Their corporate customers benefit from the stuff they produce, but they didn’t produce most of it,so either start from scratch with, propriety software, or they need to give the content to everyone at the same time, not hold onto it for some time. That’s against the whole idea of open source and probably technically violates some copyleft licenses, but definitely violates the spirit of them. Even if they fix some bugs or add some features, they didn’t come up with the ideas, build the thing while it wasn’t producing income, or build the communities that they collaborate with. They just add what benefits them to the existing content.
Y’know…this. I might not like it, and many of their choices are… questionable…
…but I think it’s good we have some effort coming from full-time career paid Linux developers, rather than just sponsorship money from FOSS-leeches like “mEtA” and “aMaZoN.”
By simply not using Ubuntu, and ignoring the MOTD on my VM servers…I don’t really feel affected by their actions in any meaningful way. And that makes me happy.
As opposed to having to just accept whatever new footgun Microsoft wants to blast users with next.
If you don’t want amazon in GNU/Linux, Ubuntu probably isn’t the best choice
Entirely seriously:
Such as what exactly?
… Developing… Snaps?
Like, no, really, what do they do?
Are they why GNOME devs are insufferable?
I don’t understand what’s the bonus of suscribing for those updates. Are they better or come before everyone else gets them?
Turn On Linux Backup Sign-in to your Linux Account to automatically save your Desktop, Documents, and Pictures to TuxDrive!
THIS would have me screaming
Best I can do is:
< You must activate Linux within 30 days. >
\ ^__^ \ (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\\ ||----w | || ||echo "H4sIAAAAAAAAA1OIJwpw2SgE5KQmFqcqOCaXZJYllqQq+GTmlVYolGeWZGTmKRgbKKQkVhYr2HEp\ 6BIFuBSQgEaMviZUQCM+X6EGJqmvgGDHABHULQoIIQjQzEcYp18DNh+hEaiuBirDBQApvkoY7gAAAA==" \ | base64 -d | gzip -dPretty sure I’m not gonna be running anything involving “gzip -d”, seems like probably a bad idea, lol.
coward
Ahah, ah… yeah, yep, uh, you got me, stinkin little coward over here.
But uh hey, I could always try that out on your PC, right big bro?
But I jus need to look at this cute virus real quick
surprised its not just Conky.
If I were in charge of a distro I’d push this as an update on April Fools Day
Which is part of why I’d be a bad pick for the position XD
The commit will never be allowed😂
“Microsoft has reached a deal to purchase Linux”
“Linus Torvalds sold his share of Linux to Microsoft for $1.8B”
1.8B is way too cheap for something as big as Linux, hell fucking Minecraft sold for 2B
What a horrifying timeline that would be!
You’re too late. The rebellion has flown away.
Please provide your address, email address, phone number, and a scan of your ID card to activate Linux.
Oh, you have more than 4GB of RAM? Looks like the Linux Starter Edition subscription won’t be enough for you. You’ll need to upgrade to Linux Pro Home Studio with Copilot Standard for $35 a month
Maybe your bank login just in case.
Fedora has a Gnome Shell extension that adds Fedora over the wallpaper.
Shouldn’t be hard to make your dreams a reality
sudo activatedone
something something “keyring not properly configured” something something
systemctl disable activationcheck.servicesystemctl mask activationcheck.service
Zorin OS is (last I checked) not free for the full version. IDK how they enforce that considering they are still open-source, but you can only get Zorin OS Lite for free. You have to pay to get the full OS. I’ve just always found that funny.
I am a simple man. I don’t look anything beyond vanilla Arch, Debian and Fedora.
I want a wallpaper.
It hurts to download something from Limewire. Every time. I am aware that it is not the same place where an album was actually 4000 viruses anymore but I still react instinctively.
There’s a Mac version labeled (horrific). So many levels to unpack there.
I’m pretty sure there’s a GNOME extension for it as well.
Cool thanks. 👍
WOO.
Dear God, that would wake me up sweating
RHEL?
