I found out that xubuntu spams users including me, which to me is a no go.
I’m looking for a linux based ad free distro that lets me work with libreoffice, vlc, tbb, transmission, okular, pdfarranger, hexchat, gimp and ocr.
I’m going to use it to edit text, watch movies, download multimedia, chat and edit audio with audacity.
it’s not going to be a server and I’d like to work with the terminal as much as possible. At the same time, I’m a newbie.
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How do you mean they are spamming?
Mint is a good alterative. It has an xfce edition.
OP answered this in another comment: They are getting prompted to sign up for Ubuntu Pro whenever they upgrade.
Ubuntu what now
Pro
Linux Mint Xfce Edition should be right up your alley.
just go stock debian xfce, keep it simple.
It’s what my 70 year old mother is perfectly happy with for several years since I told her to drop lubuntu.
install flatpack +flathub f you want even more app convenience.
Adding to the Mint recommendation, Xfce edition if you’re partial to Xfce, or LxQt if you want to try something else lightweight
Just use Debian. Why use the inferior downstream distros when you can go right to the OG? You are already halfway there.
Debian doesn’t have a corporate sponsor so there is no risk of getting spammed or giving someone your personal information.
There is a reason there are tons of Debian distros. They all make a difference.
They do have corporate sponsors. It just that the corporate sponsors do not want to see ads anymore than you do. They are have strong community leadership that is powered equally.
Can I ask what you consider “spamming ads” to be? That could be relevant to suggesting alternatives.
I need to use one of these https://github.com/Skyedra/UnspamifyUbuntu not to get an invitation to join ubuntu pro each time I upgrade.
this never happened before. To me this is invasive, but otherwise it has worked well so far.
@merompetehla Linux Mint XFCE is basically the same thing as Xubuntu, except without Canonical’s bad proprietary decisions like snaps. It’s much more of a drop-in replacement than, say, Debian.
I think they are just referring to the Ubuntu pro ads.
This is not spam. If you have random outdated packages from the universe repo on your system it will tell you that they would ALSO offer support for those if you get Ubuntu pro.
Maybe too often, idk. But Linux Mint will “fix” this by also running these old maybe insecure packages but not even offering security fixes.
People need to step down their weird Linux-entitlement horses, and get that Free Software is not free as in free beer.
Mint XFCE
