Most large software companies developing software for Linux will make Ubuntu builds of their software. Quite a few Arch AUR packages end up extracting .deb files for this reason. There are tons of guides for it as well, because it’s still the most popular Linux distro among developers as far as I know.
Ubuntu is the distro you pick if you want Linux with proprietary software but without all the bleeding edge stuff that turns maintaining your computer into a side job. Everything just works, notably including some firmware and drivers that require tweaking and editing obscure config files on more up-to-date distros.
Also, Ubuntu gives you 5-10 years of updates for free. If you set up a workstation, it’ll keep working for years to come. No reading changelogs every major update. Very good for businesses.
I don’t think the people excited about Linux are using or talking about Ubuntu, though, which probably skews people’s perceptions if they’re on Lemmy and Reddit a lot. Enthusiast spaces have all the “I run arch btw” people and even weirder and more obscure distros. Reading this place, you may think that one in three Linux users runs Hyprland, but in practice most Linux users are probably on Gnome.
I don’t think the people excited about Linux are using or talking about Ubuntu, though, which probably skews people’s perceptions if they’re on Lemmy and Reddit a lot. Enthusiast spaces have all the “I run arch btw” people and even weirder and more obscure distros.
This is exactly the thing. 10 years ago when I was in college, everybody just used Ubuntu for laptops, and nowadays I don’t hear about it at all. I had the impression it kinda died, but seems like things are more or less the same.
Most large software companies developing software for Linux will make Ubuntu builds of their software. Quite a few Arch AUR packages end up extracting .deb files for this reason. There are tons of guides for it as well, because it’s still the most popular Linux distro among developers as far as I know.
Ubuntu is the distro you pick if you want Linux with proprietary software but without all the bleeding edge stuff that turns maintaining your computer into a side job. Everything just works, notably including some firmware and drivers that require tweaking and editing obscure config files on more up-to-date distros.
Also, Ubuntu gives you 5-10 years of updates for free. If you set up a workstation, it’ll keep working for years to come. No reading changelogs every major update. Very good for businesses.
I don’t think the people excited about Linux are using or talking about Ubuntu, though, which probably skews people’s perceptions if they’re on Lemmy and Reddit a lot. Enthusiast spaces have all the “I run arch btw” people and even weirder and more obscure distros. Reading this place, you may think that one in three Linux users runs Hyprland, but in practice most Linux users are probably on Gnome.
This is exactly the thing. 10 years ago when I was in college, everybody just used Ubuntu for laptops, and nowadays I don’t hear about it at all. I had the impression it kinda died, but seems like things are more or less the same.