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Ubuntu 15.04 Received Well By Linux Community

Posted by Soulskill on from the of-proof-and-pudding dept.

jones_supa writes: Canonical released Ubuntu 15.04 a couple of weeks ago, and it seems that this release has been a success. The community is mostly reporting a nice experience, which is important since this is the first Ubuntu release that uses systemd instead of upstart. At Slashdot, people have been very nervous about systemd, and last year it was even asked to say something nice about it. To be fair, Ubuntu 15.04 hasn't changed all that much. Some minor visual changes have been implemented, along with a couple of new features, but the operating system has remained pretty much the same. Most importantly it is stable, fast, and it lacks the usual problems accompanied by new releases.

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  1. Linux fans will always hate Ubuntu now by NotDrWho · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    It made the mistake of becoming popular (at least by pathetic Linux standards) and DARED to aim at appealing to general users (ick!). And that made it forever uncool for Linux hipsters. Linux users hate any distro that's not obscure and all-but-impossible to use without knowing arcane command line syntax.

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    1. Re:Linux fans will always hate Ubuntu now by Scutter · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      And that's exactly why Linux will never take over the desktop space. Every time a distro is poised to do it, the linux userbase turns on it for one reason or another. It happened to Redhat. It happened to Ubuntu. It'll keep happening until linux users get over their elitism and start welcoming Grandma to easy-to-use Not Windows.

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  2. Re:A year later by davydagger · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Many of those not liking systemd are in the higher competence class

    in your dreams. If you where you'd make a non-systemd distro that doesn't suck. Most of you who hate systemd are loudmouths who aren't half as compitant as you think you are, because 90% of your anti-systemd complaints are entirely unfounded. First rate conspitard grade crap.