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Today is Ubuntu's 20th Anniversary

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243 points aquova | 1 comments | 20 Oct 24 21:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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linguae ◴[20 Oct 24 22:09 UTC] No.41898895[source]▶
I believe Ubuntu has been a positive for the Linux community. While there definitely were distributions before Ubuntu that focused on the user experience (Mandrake Linux and Lindows/Linspire come to mind), there are many people whose first experience with desktop Linux was through Ubuntu. Although I personally prefer FreeBSD for my Unix needs and Debian if I need actual Linux, Ubuntu is the distribution I recommend to those who are coming from Windows or macOS who want to try out desktop Linux. The last few times I used Ubuntu, whether it's on actual hardware or inside a VM, it seems to be reasonably simple to install, has sensible defaults, and supports a wide range of hardware.
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1. benoau ◴[20 Oct 24 22:37 UTC] No.41899068[source]▶
In addition to the direct impact Ubuntu had it also sits at the core of so many other popular distros which de facto standardized setting up and configuring so much consumer Linux software.