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Ubuntu was an excellent user-friendly operating system based on [[Debian]] GNU/Linux, but has recently started becoming very corporate and playing some dirty corporate tricks like [http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do installing spyware] and preventing users from having control over what's installed and what's not. We've been using Debian on our servers, but Ubuntu on our desktops for the last five years or so, but we'll now begin migrating over to pure Debian for our desktops as well.
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[[File:Bad Ubuntu.svg|100px|right]]Ubuntu was an excellent user-friendly operating system based on [[Debian]] GNU/Linux, but has recently started becoming very corporate and playing some dirty corporate tricks like [http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do installing spyware] and preventing users from having control over what's installed and what's not. We've been using Debian on our servers, but were using Ubuntu on our desktops, but have changed over to [[Linux Mint]] now. For servers Debian is definitely preferable unless you're running software that has been compiled for a specific Ubuntu release, because [https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/DebianVsUbuntuForUs Debian is far better maintained] even though the release cycle is not regular.
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== Gnome 3 ==
 
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The first thing I do after a basic update and upgrade is not install [[GNOME|Gnome 3]] as I can't stand the Unity desktop.
 
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
 
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sudo apt-get update
 
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sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
 
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== Adobe Acrobat Reader ==
 
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The default [http://projects.gnome.org/evince/ evince document viewer] that comes with Ubuntu is very good, but it doesn't handle some of the more sophisticated aspects of PDF document handling such as editable forms. To do these things currently still requires the Adobe package which can be installed from the [http://www.medibuntu.org/ Medibuntu] repository.
 
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echo deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free >> /etc/apt/sources.list
 
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== See also ==
 
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*[http://wubi-installer.org/ Wubi] ''- install Ubuntu into an existing Windows environment without affecting boot loader''
 
*[http://wubi-installer.org/ Wubi] ''- install Ubuntu into an existing Windows environment without affecting boot loader''
 
*[https://www.system76.com/home/ System76] ''- Laptops pre-installed with Ubuntu''
 
*[https://www.system76.com/home/ System76] ''- Laptops pre-installed with Ubuntu''
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*[https://www.zdnet.com/article/secure-to-the-core-iot-ubuntu-core-linux-20-released/ Ubuntu Core 20] ''- Ubuntu's latest IoT OS update is a security-first approach''
 
[[Category:Linux]]
 
[[Category:Linux]]

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Ubuntu was an excellent user-friendly operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux, but has recently started becoming very corporate and playing some dirty corporate tricks like installing spyware and preventing users from having control over what's installed and what's not. We've been using Debian on our servers, but were using Ubuntu on our desktops, but have changed over to Linux Mint now. For servers Debian is definitely preferable unless you're running software that has been compiled for a specific Ubuntu release, because Debian is far better maintained even though the release cycle is not regular.

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