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Ah, that no longer relevant distro filled with dark patterns, spyware^W telemetry, barely working snaps, and “updates” you can’t install unless you pay for enterprise support…

Thanks but no thanks! Fedora is still sane, at least.

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For gui apps I consider flatpaks superior. I use opensuse Aeon desktop, which is an immutable distro where the main distro is minimal and all applications are either flatpaks or installed through distrobox (not unlike silverblue)

It has worked surprisingly well.

Imagine my surprise when Hetzner Cloud recommended I use Ubuntu for my server (prior to the enterprise upgrade shenanigans) and then, suddenly, it tells me I don't get upgrades until I pay. On Linux.

Ubuntu has a lifetime ban from me. No thanks. Whenever I setup my server again (I can't face the prospect, as it'll take me weeks) it'll probably just be Debian.

I have Ubuntu on Hetzner cloud and recently updated with no issues.

What error did it give you exactly?

Only updates in main repository are part of the free ubuntu. Updates for packages in universe repository require Ubuntu Pro subscription.

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