I agree that Linux Mint is closer to what the vocal Linux desktop community would like to see, but Ubuntu is anything but abandoned. Where I work, both my coworkers (excluding myself) and customers are either using RHEL or Ubuntu. That’s it. Sure, everyone on Lemmy and Reddit swears against Ubuntu and has no need for plain-RHEL, but a lot more of the non-vocal Linux community is using Ubuntu. I prefer Pop!_OS, but that’s besides the point.

Source: Ubuntu is anywhere between 4th and 6th place on these charts:

https://distrowatch.com/dwres-mobile.php?resource=popularity

I love this graphic because it’s a reminder to self-proclaimed “gamers” that mobile gaming has been doing laps around “real” gaming for over half a decade now, with no indication of the trend changing. Yes, mobile games are typically lower quality and more predatory, but it’s undeniable that the average person who plays video games now is just a regular person with a phone.

I would hate snaps a lot less if Ubuntu just stopped trying to force me to use them.

Have you met Windows admins? 😛

In fairness, I’ve seen some Linux admins become completely hopeless as soon as any GUI appears.

… I am, though.

I guess it depends on habits, then. I use them all the time. Not as much as folders, but enough that I would rather the 2 have the same behavior.

People will be damned if…

1. They are forced to do something for an additional 10 seconds.
2. Their opinion is wrong.

Which is just another, less convenient way of turning a single click into two, no?

Every now and then, I consider using a Google product, and then I remember this.

I would think so too, but I also wouldn’t be surprised if there was a catch.

You’re right, but is it easy to convert a VM to a physical machine? I’ve never tried, so I’m genuinely asking.

If you’re interested in making a full jump to Linux at some point, then you’d probably be interested in dual-booting instead of using VM for Windows or Linux.

This is why I never bothered formally learning anything computer-related in school.

For end users, it seems like everybody is mostly content with all the options available except Snap.

Every other admin I work with uses vi. Not my personal choice, but it seems like lots of people are content still using it.

They know you use Arch, they’re joking. The joke is that Arch users tell people they’re using it without anybody asking, hence, the phrase, “I use Arch, btw.”