What’s Debian based on again? I think it was some earlier variant of Ubuntu

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        10 months ago

        sorry, missed the /s, but figured the tree was still worth seeing for some.

        #echo “” > $1; echo “Debutu”

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      10 months ago

      Yep, Debian was (is) a disaster to configure graphics with modern hardware. It was pure open source (even blocked firefox as the logo was copyright protected). They opened up with a non-free repo for hardware support, but already lost the ‘market share’ on the desktop to Ubuntu (and the load of forks with just a different windoemanager as default… instead of adding a desktop selection on install). Also Ubuntu is offered a lot as option on new hardware.

      With snap I’m guessing users migrate back… (a very few at least)

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        10 months ago

        Honestly Debian was one of the few that still kept a strong stance on freedom. Its sad that they went the opposite direction. I wish that they would of just broke the non-free into firmware and apps like they have now and then provided two isos. They could have a simple paragraph explaining free software with two links.

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          10 months ago

          Same feeling, although on some systems you need the non-free firmware to complete the installation. No screen or network is a tad annoying when installing. ;)