• DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    What would it look like? I’d guess Amazon ads in the search bar, proprietary package managers overriding the old open package manager, and popup ads for distribution Pro?

    Wait…

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        7 months ago

        Ubuntu has had all three of those things. Amazon ads in the search bar was awhile back. Not sure but I assume they still hijack installing Firefox using apt and instead install it using snap. And Ubuntu Pro popups are a new thing.

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    7 months ago

    I know this is a joke but “Enshittification” requires there to be a monopoly that abuses commercial customers along with users. Linux distros can’t really have monopolies since the switching costs are so low.

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        7 months ago

        To quote Clem, head of Linux Mint: “At a time where GNOME applications are less and less designed to work anywhere else than in GNOME, a project like XApp is extremely important.”

        Libaidwata breaks backward compatibility with older gnome versions and amongst other things doesn’t allow theming natively, so the Cinnamon team are going to have to fork off and maintain the older code which works so they can continue to have theming and stuff with Gnome apps.

        Gnome seem to like doing the opposite of the Linux philosophy which says interoperability should always be a priority so that the code can be shared as freely as possible.

        I can’t tell whether they are stupid or lazy over at Gnome. It’s not enough to strip the DE down to nothing but now even the code that worked with previous, gnome still widely used, is being dumped.

        They are a little island unto themselves.

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          7 months ago

          That’s a whole lot of waffle without saying anything of substance.

          “Gnome apps are designed primarily to fit into Gnome 😡😡😡” is not what enshitification means.

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            7 months ago

            Purposely breaking backwards compatibility knowing full well that other FLOSS DE’s rely on it is enshitification of the worst kind.

            We all lose in the end.

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              7 months ago

              Not 👏 what 👏 enshitification 👏 means 👏

              Gnome can theme their own apps however they like. It’s their project.

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      7 months ago

      Gnome isn’t bad, at all. The team has caused controversy and made mistakes, but gnome’s experience is great.

      Talking about ubuntu, snaps suck, and it is more “bloated” than what you’d expect, but still, ubuntu isn’t half bad. Is mint better for what the ubuntu audience wants? Yes. Does ubuntu still work well? Yes

      And ubuntu server rocks

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        7 months ago

        I tried Ubuntu again recently for the first time in years.

        Between Snaps and having to create an account to get security updates, I quickly gave up on it.

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      7 months ago

      even with all its faults and shitty maintainers, gnome is among the best ux of any de.

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    7 months ago

    Exit codes from processes are damage points that you take against your HP. When your HP runs out, the distro reformats itself to a clean state.

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      7 months ago

      Instead of reformatting it just logs you out and demands buying a Heal Crystal for 350 Linux Diamonds. You can buy Linux Diamonds in packages of 400 for just 9.99 or buy the 800 package to get a 10% discount!