• zeppo@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I don’t recall Ubuntu being a lightweight distro or ever aiming to be. It was always Debian with more stuff.

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      yep, user friendly, easy install, gooey install, proprietary drivers; extra stuff.

      i think they were aiming to loss lead, capture user base and ultimately get some b2b sales - oh well :( OP author even ignores stuff like Lubuntu and Xubuntu, which i assume canonical have at least some contribution to. OP gets downvote from me, worthless article.

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        9 hours ago

        Ubuntu is the enterprise distro if you need something Debian based you can get a proper enterprise support contract for.

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      They have had light official flavors (Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Netbook remix). But primary distro that has always been either Gnome or Unity has been fully-featured. It’d only consider it “light” compared to Windows.