In 2012 they had no mention of Kubuntu or KDE on the official Ubuntu homepage and downloads page. Same for the Canonical website. I checked both in April and October of 2012 on the Wayback Machine.

Weird that I don’t see any mention of KDE or Kubuntu on the 2012 Ubuntu website then.

https://web.archive.org/web/20120427110552/https://ubuntu.com/

Do you seriously expect new users to keep up with Ubuntu blogs, news sites and stuff like that? New users don’t even know what a flavor is. New users are not that involved in the eco system. Just because you have seen it that doesn’t mean it’s widely known.

This right here is one of the problems with old Linux users trying to recruit new users.

Sure, but it hasn’t been well promoted by the community or by Canonical. Otherwise I would have seen it a long time ago.

That why they shouldn’t be recommended anything that has to do with GNOME. Just give them anything that closely resembles Windows.

I installed Linux Mint on my mom’s old laptop and on my stepmother’s aunt’s laptop as well. I have had 0 support calls since then! As you say, all they want to do is browse the web.

I am convinced that Ubuntu/GNOME is the main reason that Linux onboarding has taken so long and has been so slow.

I never knew KDE Plasma and other Windows-like desktop environments existed until Valve released the Steam Deck.

If someone were to recommend me a distro with the GNOME desktop environment then I would not be a Linux for long. GNOME is weird and confusing. I am convinced that KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, LXDE and other more Windows-like desktops is better for a new Linux user. If they want an alternative desktop environment they can seek it out themselves.

Same! When I was 27 I saw a girl that was 22. After seeing her for two days I just couldn’t take it anymore. She was way too immature for me. It felt like I was dating a kid…

To be fair I was also very immature at the age of 22. But I really don’t get men who date much younger women.

It’s not exclusively Nazis. There was a big communist wave in Sweden during the 20s and 30s where some people chose to move to the Soviet Union with the promise of a better life and they paid a high price for it.

https://sverigesradio.se/play/avsnitt/2595324

The common people is often overlooked or forgotten and their voices gets silenced.

Haha it’s harder to tell in writing but I can miss jokes like that sometimes in real life too. But usually I get jokes and joke a lot myself. I don’t have any diagnosis but I suspect I might have ADD. I haven’t gotten around to check but I know for sure something is not right with me.

Have you never interacted with a person on the autism spectrum?

Edit: Is this a joke that went over my head?

Isn’t that because of BTRFS? I also use Snapshots on my Arch system

If you can’t remember one or two commands then you are in fact stupid. With that said, Linux is for everyone.

There are distros that have auto updates as a feature they ship (Linux Mint comes to mind). There are distros that are basically impossible to break and there are distros where you are responsible for building your own system and keeping it functioning. It all depends on your own needs. Linux gives you the freedom to choose and there are more than one way to do things.

If you’re too stupid to remember one or two commands there are GUI applications available where you can click “a button” to update your system.

Or make an alias with the update command and name it “update”. This works on every distro.