In defence of Ubuntu against old school hackers
I have been using Ubuntu since version 5.04 came out. And let me add, this is the damnest Linux distro out there today !! I was a Debian devotee but after 4 years of Ubuntu, now I am a born-again Ubuntu convert. I like it mainly due to its EXTREME ease of use. The Anti-ubuntu camp must be drawing its swords and lunging for my throat with the previous statement, I am sure. They believe that Ubuntu has betrayed the hacker community by making things a mere click away. They believe Ubuntu is bad for the hacker ethos, an ethos that encourages exploration and DIY(Do-It-Yourself).
While I fully subscribe to the hacker ethos, to them I would say only one thing: If hacking Linux is the ONLY thing you ever did then probably Ubuntu is not for you and you should stick to an old-school distro(like Slackware). Ubuntu might be really taking the joy of doing things ‘Yourself’ from you.
But what if I am NOT a Linux hacker? What if my interests are in some other field like Robotics or embedded systems? What if I like to hack on embedded stuff like 8-bit microprocessors and stuff?
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