Given the wide array of Linux distro options, why would anyone choose one with this sort of junk included?
Remember all the hate for Windows with crapware preinstalled? (they stopped doing that, right?) How is this less distasteful?
Why would anyone download Ubuntu avec crap when Ubuntu sans crap will be available via BitTorrent within hrs after release? Someone will fix this bug, obviously, immediately.
Clearly, Shuttleworth is getting tired of self-financing his charitable enterprise. But what is he thinking?
Disclaimer: I don't always run FOSS Unix, but when I do, I prefer FreeBSD.
> Why would anyone download Ubuntu avec crap when Ubuntu sans crap will be available via BitTorrent within hrs after release?
Because, even if they do things like this, I'd trust an official image more than some file off Bittorrent. Of course, someone could start (another) fork, but getting momentum and name recognition takes time.
No ... there is still plenty of bloatware installed on HP/Compaq computers while Lenovo seems to have gotten the memo. I don't have much experience with other brands.
Because Ubuntu is the most widely supported distro out there. If someone releases a program for Linux odds are that there is a .deb or some installer that has been tested with an LTS Ubuntu release.
My days of being willing to google around for "how do I install program X version A in distro Y version Z" to install an MP3 player or whatever are long over.
Remember all the hate for Windows with crapware preinstalled? (they stopped doing that, right?) How is this less distasteful?
Why would anyone download Ubuntu avec crap when Ubuntu sans crap will be available via BitTorrent within hrs after release? Someone will fix this bug, obviously, immediately.
Clearly, Shuttleworth is getting tired of self-financing his charitable enterprise. But what is he thinking?
Disclaimer: I don't always run FOSS Unix, but when I do, I prefer FreeBSD.