/ugt/ Ubuntu General Thread

This thread is for the appreciation of the Ubuntu operating system.

The discussion of the various Ubuntu Distributions and GUI's.

And opinions on other Linux OS's other than Ubuntu.

Other urls found in this thread:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=kddqINA1vOA
fixubuntu.com/
twitter.com/NSFWRedditImage

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

Is this the new desktop thread?

>is
>this
>the
>new
>desktop
>thread

That looks so cool. I am going to get those icons.

I miss the old glossy bubble gum UI.

definitely
linux will never look this good

Whats ubuntus version of excel and word like? Is the file format 100% compatible with .docx ect?

>fully transparent taskbar
opinion discarded

Do you mean fucking LibreOffice?

I wanted to run Windows 7 till my laptop died, but I can't update it. There is no fix for the bullshit.

So I had to part ways.

>only a wallpaper and transparent taskbar
>linux will never look this good
Feel free to open some ugly windows and the awful command prompt.

hello my nigabuntus

Better?

oo
bun (like fun, run)
too

The correct pronunciation.

Things linuxfags will never have:
1. Gaymes
2. Ability to encrypt and decrypt entire partitions anytime, even after OS is installed
3. Gaymes
4. Pro software (Adobe, Autodesk, MS Office)
5. Gaymes
6. Real task manager
7. Device manager (which easily allows you to install drivers, including GPU drivers). Lmao at linuxfags having to fuck with gpu drivers after every kernel change
8. Foobar
9. Actual battery life on mobile devices
10. Sanity and getting laid

>bun (like fun, run)
you ruined it its oo boon too

>Things linuxfags will never have:
>6. Real task manager
You lost any hope to get credibility on this point

You're not really convincing with such lack of arguments, kid.
Go rice your arch setup to look more l33t.

Thanks for the explanation bro. I feel like its kind of semantic but still useful information for people to know.

Is this a desktop thread?

I laughed

Desktop thread?

wow nice, this looks ugly as shit. kys. ;-)

Holy fuck dude how do you even survive this long with such stage of mental retardation?

>2. Ability to encrypt and decrypt entire partitions anytime, even after OS is installed
Can you encrypt you're boot partition, too? ;-)

So jelly

Windows has no SIGKILL/SIGTERM/SIGINT
Windows have no task manager like htop
Windows have no specialised manager like jnettop or others

>you're
>;-)
I think you should get back to 9gag
you don't belong here
Windows has all ubuntu-compatible software, which includes htop.

Try opening top or htop on your "bash for window 10", and you will see only the process running inside the linux subsystem, not the windows native process

>I think you should get back to 9gag
Why do you think that? :D

That's why you should link it to cygwin library outside of ubuntu subsystem
Are you 15?

>Are you 15?
NO LOL! I AM 25 :DDD

>1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>Need to get 40.2 MB of archives.
>After this operation, 70.7 kB of additional disk space will be used.

What did he mean by this?

>user@desktop:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
>Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
>Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut.
>Statusinformationen werden eingelesen.... Fertig
>Paketaktualisierung (Upgrade) wird berechnet... Fertig
>0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.

:DDDDD

He's going to download 40,2MB stuff and then generate 70,7kBs of configs

WPS Office and LibreOffice are both good alternatives. But you can easily install MS Office 2010 on PlayOnLinux/WINE. Apparently, 2013 is also supported but I haven't used anything above 2010 ever since I switched to LibreOffice so I'm not sure if it's stable.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=kddqINA1vOA
Reminder

Download the whole new package and delete the old one, the new package is 70kb larger than the old one

I need that wallpaper senpai.

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How secure is Xubuntu? I know canonical sends search terms to 3rd party advertising can that be avoided by using Xubuntu?

It's as secure as other buntus. Yes it can be avoided. Even on regular ubuntu it isn't all that difficult to disable the bullshit. fixubuntu.com/

Thanks. I've always used Arch or a derivative like Antergos but I'm having issues with the Antergos installer being shit so I'm making the switch because I need some form of linux running on my machine I'm tired of Windows 10's BS spying and the integrated ads

>fixing botnet on Ubuntu takes less than a minute after which you can proceed to use an up to date and secure OS.
>fixing botnet on Windows is impossible, but removing some parts of it requires you to install 3rd party software, use external firewalls, registry tweaks and forces you to waste at least half an hour if not more setting things up. You can no longer update your OS without breaking it.
I hope Windows dies soon.

absolute hipster trash
Windows confirmed for master race.

Ubuntu unity is the only one effected

Is Unity 8 keeping the global menu or would I be unable to continue pretending like I have macOS installed?

You Bun Two

Uwe-Boon-Tee-You