The Rise and Fall of Ubuntu: What Happened? | Tech History

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• Fall of Ubuntu? You guys are crazy.

• I want distro comparison video please.

• Truly a great documentary! I was surprised when you said that you didn't know much about Linux before 2018; you researched this so thoroughly that I thought you were a user since the 2000s. I'm cautiously optimistic for the future of Ubuntu, there's still so much potential.

• I use Arch and Arch based distros but you will not find me dogging on Ubuntu. I love Debian and Ubuntu and even though I now prefer Arch and believe it is more powerful and better for my needs – Ubuntu and Debian are 2 of the most important, most powerful Linux distributions to have ever ben developed. I use Arch by the way but Arch is for hobbyists, Ubuntu is an extremely important OS both in the public and corporate world, a world which could very easy carry on without Arch and Debian, well…grandad Debian is probably the most stable software I have ever used in 3 decades of computing.

• 👍!

• Why is this the rise and fall? Ubuntu did not fall. Ubuntu is still an excellent operating system, a very modern operating system and one with a bright future. It did not fall. Putting it under that title. Makes it sound like the operating system has come to an end.

• I cant believe how much his voice has changed in 2 years lol

• For me ubuntu is the only distro which fits best to me.

• I wanted a history of Ubuntu in a well presented and organized manner! I got just that and learned a lot. I’ve gotten into Ubuntu a lot more as of late. My grandpas PC from 2012-2013 ish was quite sluggish on windows 10. Put in a SSD and asked if he would be willing to try Ubuntu and man he’s loving it. For him it’s simple enough for what he’s doing mail and web searches. He didn’t like thunderbird which I don’t blame him! Lol

• Is that TTD music?

• quality content here

• 15:13 I agree 200%. The new logo is the worst. This maybe signifies the slow demise of Ubuntu.

  Also, this is one of the best documentaries I’ve watched. Great job! Looking out for more documentaries! Subbed!

• What happened? Nothing. Ubuntu is still as strong and as popular as ever, and you got my click with your clickbait title, so kudos for that, I suppose. Ubuntu never fell.

• To me, going to Gnome3 was a strike one and Snaps still are a strike 2.

• Still the best distro due to how stable it is imo

• Nice video

• love this video 💗

• Make a video on fedora and pop os too

• My first experience with linux was ubuntu 16.04. I loved the way unity worked and looked back then. I wasn't very happy when they switched to gnome with ubuntu 18.04 but continued to use it because it was what I was used to and didn't want to change. Then 20.04 rolled out and completely changed the way the ubuntu desktop looked like. I didn't like the way it looked and how slow it ran on my old pc. Then I discovered ubuntu unity and installed it right away. I was happy to have unity back while having an up to date version of ubuntu. But eventually I wanted to move on to something else and switched to arch with xfce. After that I tried out a lot of different distros and DEs/WMs and ended up with arch and Hyprland as of writing this. Ubuntu 16.04 and the unity desktop will always have a special place in my heart as where my linux journey started.

• I used Ubuntu since the Hardy Heron. I gave up when they got rid of Gnome 2 for Unity. I also remember my utter dismay seeing an Amazon logo in the menu. I then switched to Mint Mate.

• im using kubuntu 22.10,fast,latest package,stable

• My journey with Linux started with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (With a bit of poking around on my grand-grandfather's laptop running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS back in 2013.). Personally I still hate Canonical for killing off Unity back in 2017. It had everything I wished for. GNOME has gotten better, but there's still something special about Unity's workflow. And Snaps were a pain in the butt at the beginning That's why I left Ubuntu in the dust and went back to Windows. In late 2021, I needed Linux for something and because I didn't want to use WSL, I dual-booted Windows 11 with Linux Mint. Ubuntu wasn't an option for me as I noticed when I ran 20.04 LTS in a VM, that basically half of the OS is now a Snap and I didn't want to have anything to do with them as I had the bad first impression still in my mind. Later I wiped my entire drive and ran only Arch Linux. That was also the time where many of my friends told me to give Snaps a second chance as they have become pretty good these days. And today? Today, I'm using Ubuntu Unity 23.04 development builds, Arch Linux and Fedora 37 on my system. And yes, I'm using Flatpaks and Snaps on all of them.

  Well made video! I only have one correction to make. The Firefox deb didn't get replaced with the Snap in 22.04. That happened in 21.10 and it really showed the problems that Snaps had until then. But other than that, I really enjoyed watching the documentary.

• I don't think ubuntu is dead, you can still install it, but i think users don't install it soo much like other distros, but it still makes rolling releases with different desktop enviroments

• Ubuntu will always have a very special place in my heart. The first time I ever tried Linux was with Ubuntu 7.10. I was just 13 and tried it, after a buddy urged be to. I basically used Ubuntu until Gnome 3 came along; I think I used Mint after that.
  I was using Linux on and off over the years, but I've had my share of most Linux "flavors". Today I don't run Ubuntu anymore – directly. But I do use Ubuntu based Distros. They usually offer anything Ubuntu has and then some.

  But man, do those Gnome 2 Ubuntu Screens revoke nostalgia.

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