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Re:Ubuntu Plans to Ditch Its ‘Minimal’ Install Option by Gordonjcp on Friday July 07, 2023 @04:18AM (#36628778)
Hm. And how long have you been using Linux, exactly?
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Re:Ubuntu Plans to Ditch Its ‘Minimal’ Install Option by jrm4 on Friday July 07, 2023 @01:19PM (#36635050)
Can't tell you "exactly" because it's been so long. Might have been as early as '99? Was definitely using Ubuntu as a desktop from its literal beginning. Why?
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Re:Ubuntu Plans to Ditch Its ‘Minimal’ Install Option by Gordonjcp on Friday July 07, 2023 @02:33PM (#36636338)
Okay, so relatively new then. Cool, no worries.

The "new Ubuntu crap" is actually pretty good. You should take a look at it.

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Re:Ubuntu Plans to Ditch Its ‘Minimal’ Install Option by jrm4 on Saturday July 08, 2023 @04:33PM (#36648440)
How is that "new?"

Anyway, no, the new Ubuntu crap is mostly just that. This isn't a mere idea; I teach IT and every semester I require folks to use a Linux desktop. Mint, MX, Lubuntu and Ubuntu, the occasional Arch are all in testing rotation; over the past few years Ubuntu/Gnome give me the most trouble -- they just suck at backwards compatibility.

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