X is still the default in 16.04. I'd just like to point out that the Slackware 14.1 iso (uses BSD init) is 2.4 GB. Devuan beta (uses sysvinit) is 4.36 GB. So Ubuntu 16.04's (with systemd) piddling 1.4 GB seems not so bad in comparison!
Anyway, I just don't need a CD Burner app anymore, neither email client, IM client, scanner app and so on. Why is installed by default every time?
The CD burner is not in the default installer anymore. But to answer your question... I'll write to Mark Shuttleworth this instant and make sure that 16.10 incorporates the exact default settings to your personal preference.
So when MS raised their crap because storage and memory was "cheap" it was grounds for a lynch mob. Now that Ubuntu is following that lead it's no big deal? Right. Right.
The Windows 10 ISO is over 6 GB. Thank you for proving that the lynch mob was right!
The package for webbrowser-app (which is where the Amazon search lens comes from; BTW it's off by default in 16.04) is 765.9 kB. See: http://packages.ubuntu.com/xen...
I'm assuming you were joking because of the smiley, but I'd just like to point out that the Slackware 14.1 iso (uses BSD init) is 2.4 GB. Devuan beta (uses sysvinit) is 4.36 GB. So Ubuntu 16.04's (with systemd) piddling 1.4 GB seems not so bad in comparison!
I have no strong feelings about systemd. I do have strong feelings about the raving lunatics that infest message boards and article comments about how systemd is cancer--likely pushing hundreds or thousands of people away from free software, to Microsoft instead. So I'm happy that Devuan and Slackware still offer sysvinit, if for nothing but the PR of saying "you can use Linux without systemd."
The main reason why the.ISOs have grown is because lots of language support packs have been integrated directly into the installer. The size of the rest of the system has been relatively the same since 14.04.
Linux is hard to configure. It has terrible user interfaces. Software like Libreoffice is far inferior to Microsoft Office and has bugs that haven't been fixed in years, like randomly making content read only. Video drivers are awful and have far inferior performance. Games are sorely lacking. Why would anyone use Linux on the desktop?
Can anyone tell me why Linux is a good choice on the desktop? I doubt it.
Your objections were true until around 2009.
1. Nowadays Ubuntu and Mint just work out of the box, no configuration required. When you DO have to configure it, you have all those nice unix tools to help... have fun in the Windows registry!
2. That's funny, every time I open Microsoft Word, by default it's in "Read-only mode". Nowadays LibreOffice is better than MSOffice.
3. Yes, currently Windows has better drivers for gaming than Linux. That's true. But that's changing quickly.
4. There's plenty of awesome games on Linux! More and more AAA games come with Linux support on release, plus lots of retro games are being re-released with Linux support, thanks to Valve and GOG.
5. I primarily use Linux on the desktop because it's free as in speech, doesn't molest my privacy with constant surveillance, and it "just works". I recently bought a new HTPC and a 4K monitor, and setting it up on Ubuntu was incredibly easy; Windows 7 doesn't even have 4K support, and I'd rather have nothing at all than a Win10 spy machine.
Shellshock and the recent glibc vulnerabilities were big deals because Linux-stacks are widely expected to be secure. On the other hand, the Microsoft ecosystem is so plagued with exploits and vulnerabilities, that Slashdot would consist of nothing but security advisories for Windows if we reported all of them.
I have been told again and again that the Orwellian surveillance nightmare states of the 21st century only exist to protect us from terrorism. And also that only terrorist-sympathizers would ever oppose them. Surely this can't be right?
Since, as you said, 16.04 is LTS, that means that the.DEB packages which are in place now aren't going anywhere. The only packages that currently exist in Snappy Core are enterprise server things.
If you run Ubuntu Server, you're not using X.org. If you're running Ubuntu 16.04 on the desktop, you're probably not using any snap packages (except maybe Firefox). By the time desktop applications start to be packaged in snappy form, Ubuntu will be using Mir as the display server instead of X.org.
Unfortunately, the billions of dollars the porn industry spends to subvert scientific studies on its psychological and social effects have worked, and so now lots of people blithely say "there's nothing wrong with porn". And that's to say nothing of what are essentially slave-labor contracts that performers are shuffled into.
No thanks. Most "free" VPNs are well-publicized to data farm you in exchange for being free (a la Windows 10). If you actually want quality and privacy, you have to pay for it. My preference is AirVPN but there's other good ones out there.
Apple is ridiculously rich because of the high margins on their products. The reason they can have high margins is primarily because they have high customer satisfaction -- and also a great reputation, which is a result of the customer satisfaction. Cluttering their app store with stupid shit like this might make them a few pennies, but it will reduce customer satisfaction.
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To be fair, I'd like to see what QNX works on nowadays. Ubuntu works on just about everything by comparison.
If we're using the full desktop DVD .iso file for Ubuntu 16.04 (amd64), and not the Ubuntu Core, Server, or netinstall images, then it's 1.4 GB.
Slackware 14.1 is 2.4 GB (source: http://www.slackware.com/getsl... )
FreeBSD is 2.7 GB (source: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/Free... )
Solaris 11.3 is 1.4 GB for the USB (source: http://www.oracle.com/technetw... )
Devuan beta is 4.36 GB (source: https://files.devuan.org/devua... )
Fedora 23 Workstation is 1.4 GB (source: https://getfedora.org/en/works... )
Also, FreeBSD 10.3 is 2.7 GB.
The Slackware 14.1 ISO (for amd64) is almost twice as big as Ubuntu 16.04's. See: http://www.slackware.com/getsl...
X is still the default in 16.04. I'd just like to point out that the Slackware 14.1 iso (uses BSD init) is 2.4 GB. Devuan beta (uses sysvinit) is 4.36 GB. So Ubuntu 16.04's (with systemd) piddling 1.4 GB seems not so bad in comparison!
Anyway, I just don't need a CD Burner app anymore, neither email client, IM client, scanner app and so on. Why is installed by default every time?
The CD burner is not in the default installer anymore. But to answer your question... I'll write to Mark Shuttleworth this instant and make sure that 16.10 incorporates the exact default settings to your personal preference.
You're in luck. Try the Ubuntu Core iso, or the netinstall.
So when MS raised their crap because storage and memory was "cheap" it was grounds for a lynch mob. Now that Ubuntu is following that lead it's no big deal? Right. Right.
The Windows 10 ISO is over 6 GB. Thank you for proving that the lynch mob was right!
The package for webbrowser-app (which is where the Amazon search lens comes from; BTW it's off by default in 16.04) is 765.9 kB. See: http://packages.ubuntu.com/xen...
I'm assuming you were joking because of the smiley, but I'd just like to point out that the Slackware 14.1 iso (uses BSD init) is 2.4 GB. Devuan beta (uses sysvinit) is 4.36 GB. So Ubuntu 16.04's (with systemd) piddling 1.4 GB seems not so bad in comparison!
I have no strong feelings about systemd. I do have strong feelings about the raving lunatics that infest message boards and article comments about how systemd is cancer--likely pushing hundreds or thousands of people away from free software, to Microsoft instead. So I'm happy that Devuan and Slackware still offer sysvinit, if for nothing but the PR of saying "you can use Linux without systemd."
Ubuntu's not just for the developed world. There are many places where a 2 GB USB stick costs more than the average daily wage.
Also, N.B. they still offer GUI-less installs and netinstalls.
The main reason why the .ISOs have grown is because lots of language support packs have been integrated directly into the installer. The size of the rest of the system has been relatively the same since 14.04.
Linux is hard to configure. It has terrible user interfaces. Software like Libreoffice is far inferior to Microsoft Office and has bugs that haven't been fixed in years, like randomly making content read only. Video drivers are awful and have far inferior performance. Games are sorely lacking. Why would anyone use Linux on the desktop?
Can anyone tell me why Linux is a good choice on the desktop? I doubt it.
Your objections were true until around 2009.
1. Nowadays Ubuntu and Mint just work out of the box, no configuration required. When you DO have to configure it, you have all those nice unix tools to help... have fun in the Windows registry!
2. That's funny, every time I open Microsoft Word, by default it's in "Read-only mode". Nowadays LibreOffice is better than MSOffice.
3. Yes, currently Windows has better drivers for gaming than Linux. That's true. But that's changing quickly.
4. There's plenty of awesome games on Linux! More and more AAA games come with Linux support on release, plus lots of retro games are being re-released with Linux support, thanks to Valve and GOG.
5. I primarily use Linux on the desktop because it's free as in speech, doesn't molest my privacy with constant surveillance, and it "just works". I recently bought a new HTPC and a 4K monitor, and setting it up on Ubuntu was incredibly easy; Windows 7 doesn't even have 4K support, and I'd rather have nothing at all than a Win10 spy machine.
Shellshock and the recent glibc vulnerabilities were big deals because Linux-stacks are widely expected to be secure. On the other hand, the Microsoft ecosystem is so plagued with exploits and vulnerabilities, that Slashdot would consist of nothing but security advisories for Windows if we reported all of them.
Neither Linus Torvalds nor Red Hat have used illicit monopolist tactics to dominate the market. Hence why we don't say "Linu$", but we do say "M$".
And Wayland does the same thing.
Not to mention the simple fact probably the #1 question for Ubuntu Server is "How do I install a GUI?"
I don't think you know what you're talking about.
I have been told again and again that the Orwellian surveillance nightmare states of the 21st century only exist to protect us from terrorism. And also that only terrorist-sympathizers would ever oppose them. Surely this can't be right?
Since, as you said, 16.04 is LTS, that means that the .DEB packages which are in place now aren't going anywhere. The only packages that currently exist in Snappy Core are enterprise server things.
If you run Ubuntu Server, you're not using X.org. If you're running Ubuntu 16.04 on the desktop, you're probably not using any snap packages (except maybe Firefox). By the time desktop applications start to be packaged in snappy form, Ubuntu will be using Mir as the display server instead of X.org.
Unfortunately, the billions of dollars the porn industry spends to subvert scientific studies on its psychological and social effects have worked, and so now lots of people blithely say "there's nothing wrong with porn". And that's to say nothing of what are essentially slave-labor contracts that performers are shuffled into.
No thanks. Most "free" VPNs are well-publicized to data farm you in exchange for being free (a la Windows 10). If you actually want quality and privacy, you have to pay for it. My preference is AirVPN but there's other good ones out there.
Apple is ridiculously rich because of the high margins on their products. The reason they can have high margins is primarily because they have high customer satisfaction -- and also a great reputation, which is a result of the customer satisfaction. Cluttering their app store with stupid shit like this might make them a few pennies, but it will reduce customer satisfaction.
Or, the government has found some clever way to cherry pick the statistics in order for it to appear that way.