• CameronDev
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    1 year ago

    “Update Frequency” seems the wrong term to describe how quickly a bug fix reaches the users, “Update latency” or “Update promptness” may better describe it?

    Excluding Ubuntu for political reasons also seems wrong, especially for beginner recommendations. I don’t like Canonical either, but it is a very polished and easy to use distro, which is perfect for beginners.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, something like “Update Promptness” does fit better now that you mention it. I wrote “frequency” and never thought about it until now.

      If it weren’t for Snaps, I would’ve had the warning and still recommended Ubuntu. It’s been a couple months since I last used Ubuntu, so maybe this has improved, but the opening times for Snap applications is brutal. Firefox taking forever to load? Install Flatpak, add the Flathub repo, uninstall the Firefox Snap, install the Firefox Flatpak. I just can’t call Ubuntu beginner friendly if they’re pushing Snaps like this while refusing to support Flatpak out of the box.

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        1 year ago

        Okay, that’s a fair take, I haven’t been afflicted with snaps yet, and if the performance is that bad then definitely not beginner friendly.