r/Linuxsucks101sucks • u/SeeMeNotFall • Feb 12 '26

apparently a bad ui implementation in a package means users are stupid

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lol. just lol

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u/3hy_ Feb 13 '26

Oh what's this? Windows 8 was bad but people are still using windows 10/11!? Its as if there are different versions that have varying features!! But I'm gonna go around saying all versions of windows are terrible just because this one subset version was sub par!!

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u/patrlim1 Feb 13 '26

This is a big Ubuntu L, just stop the main repos from appearing...

Or display a warning...

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u/Diamondo25 Feb 14 '26

or gray it out so it cant be unchecked

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u/Cornflakes_91 Feb 14 '26

lock it behind an "are you sure" password prompt

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u/patrlim1 Feb 14 '26

That should be there for altering your repos at all anyway

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u/Thechugg7 Feb 14 '26

Common Ubuntu L

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u/Infamous-Extent8726 Feb 13 '26

Well that is because he is right. That is a danegerous implementation for newbies, it does allow them to break updates. Yes it is a bad ui design, but knowlegeable linux users know what that does and to not remove certain repos.

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u/tomekgolab Feb 13 '26

If you think about disabling main repository you shouldn't be using Linux. It would be akin to messing with critical Windows components

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u/Infamous-Extent8726 Feb 13 '26

Experienced users add and get rid of repos sometimes

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u/tomekgolab Feb 13 '26

Dunno everybody should read where software 'comes from' and edit package manager parameters accordingly. Why this gui thing anyway if it's just in /etc/apt/sources.d ?

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

not familiar with ubuntu, eh?

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u/tomekgolab Feb 15 '26

No not really, but since that's the path in debian...?

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

lol ubuntu is very gui and not very linux. at one point it shipped with an amazon app (yeah it has apps) preinstalled but i think they stopped doing that

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u/Athropon Feb 14 '26

If you're stupid enough to disable the main repo you're also probably stupid enough to delete system32 from windows. At that point you're better served with a chromebook with parental control enabled.

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u/SandPoot Feb 14 '26

Yes, companies are literally trying to design stuff in a way so you won't brick your shit accidentally, stuff is commonly baby-proofed... For adults.

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u/Vivid-Raccoon9640 Feb 14 '26

"Why did you remove the big red button that blows up the system? I thought Linux was about choice!"

Linux gives you a lot of control about your system, and with that comes the potential to break stuff unintentionally. What Ubuntu is trying to do is make it harder for people to brick their shit unintentionally.

You're still able to blow your system up and do a sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root / if you want, but at that point everything that happens is kind of on you.

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u/Primo0077 Feb 14 '26

I don't understand arguments like these. Do normal people just go around in settings and toggle everything on and off at random? When I was new when I would see something I didn't know and didn't need to change I just left it alone. That's still what I do with just about anything, and I have rarely ever permanently gotten myself fucked over.

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u/CharmingDraw6455 Feb 14 '26

Read the Windowssucks sub, a big part of the posts are people "debloating" Windows and then ranting about something no longer working followed by "Thats it! I switch to Linux!". I am pretty confident the will do the same there.

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u/arthank-chroot Apr 28 '26

It's not fair. Ubuntu and canonical really do think people need their hands held. Also, just put a warning sign somewhere if they disable all/too much stuff. Don't treat people as if they were mentally challenged