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[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I get not liking Canonical, but how does that justify a random Pro-Iran group DDoSing them? Did Canonical do something that specifically harmed Iranians?

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Did Iran do anything that specifically harmed Americans, before US decidingt to blow shit up?

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What does this have anything to do with Canonical?

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hasn't the UK been helping with this "war". If so, then they are just putting pressure where they can

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Their pressure is doing nothing to stop the war then. Canonical is not the UK. They might be located in the UK, but attacking them does nothing to the UK government.

Also, none of this has anything to do with the US attacking Iran, so I still don't understand what that has to do with anything.

[–] elkien@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

th has Canonical to do with the UK? They are from South África, not the UK

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

Canonical is headquartered in London. It is a UK company, unless I'm missing something?

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Its the old...Canonical complains to UK government, UK government maybe listens

[–] cytro@mastodon.de 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@BCsven @TehPers
I use Ubuntu because i like the easy usage... but I dislike USA/UK and Israels behaviors. So I am in the middle of nowhere. It's always the same, none of the good projects which are fitted into a company is given away for free... we always pay with: less freedom, our data or some other useful stuff - isn't it?

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

People have moved to Debian to avoid Ubuntu. Is that an option?

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

It can be, but it depends on how dependent one is on various applications and sources. I'm in the process of doing such a thing, but I'm taking the slow route so I don't break everything. Meaning I'm moving one thing at a time off Snap, and then I'll be closer to a Debian/Mint DE version in the switch over than if I did it right away with so much tied to it being Ubuntu.

For a casual user it may not be that dramatic and just a matter of moving data and learning a new desktop look. I'd still suggest the Debian version of Mint over Debian if they went to Ubuntu for the easy use.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Absolutely yes. Mint is even better. Parrot OS is what I just downloaded. It's cool if you're selfhosting and need to run tests. All the pentesting, port mapper, packet sniffers and whatnot are already in there. Excellent for privacy and security conscious folks.Debian based, without all the info hoardimg.

[–] Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is Canonical a US company? Why blame them for the US being shit?

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 month ago

Hasn't the UK been helping USA with this "war"

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Probably sold everyone's ahit to fascists lie everyone else. Honestly, I can't recall why I don't favor them. I formed that opinion probably over 15 years ago.