I started using Linux at university, and my first distro at home was SuSE in 1997, because my father got the CDs at work. Then I ran RedHat for a while, because that’s what my friends were running, then Mandrake, then Knoppix, then Debian. Loved Debian and AfterStep.
About 10 years ago I moved to Ubuntu because I had a hardware issue that was solved in Ubuntu but was a pain to fix in Debian. I liked that as well.
But this year I bought a second-hand ThinkPad T490, and it was randomly locking up (mouse still moves but nothing else responds). Googling and trying to troubleshoot by looking through logs wasn’t working, and I’m pretty sure it’s not a pure hardware issue, because I’ve got it as a dual boot system because my girlfriend’s son uses windows on it, and hasn’t had any issues.
So yesterday, I decided to back up my home directory and install Debian Forky. It feels like coming home. And so far, no lock-ups…
Ubuntu just can’t help but shoot themselves in the foot. Amazon ads, snaps, MIT utils, and even locking security updates behind paywalls for their most recent versions.
Not sure why anyone would use them these days when they could use Debian instead without all the corporate bullshit.