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Ubuntu is growing faster on Windows 11 than on native Linux PCs, says Canonical
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Ubuntu has dropped off a cliff in Linux market share. Fedora serves as a near-replacement in UX, and there are some distros that are so optimized as "pre-configured", they left it in the dust, to say nothing of how Canonical keeps trying to make Ubuntu worse. It used to be famously "Debian but easy", but now just using Debian sounds like way less of a hassle.
I remember on Reddit once some guy was talking about how he installed Ubuntu and it only had a terminal no GUI and it didn't have APT only Snap. Took me a minute but I figured out he had installed Ubuntu Core or whatever they call their embedded system.
And given Canonical's corporate garbage fire website I can see how. I kinda hate the brand names they all independently come up with. Fedora isn't much better, the way you learn Fedora Silverblue is the immutable version that comes with the Gnome desktop is you ask on Reddit, because their website is 94% marketing drivel.
Don't look at the Debian website.
I like Ubuntu on my laptop. I need a new desktop because I can only support Debain and Debian is barebones.
I stupidly love Ubuntu because to me it's still Debain but easy.
Debian is chill and all but I love the user interface and ease of access with Ubuntu.