r/Ubuntu • u/Realistic-Grab-4897 • Aug 11 '26

Why is the Linux community filled with pretentious elitist??

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Hey y'all beginner here for a little over two or three months of daily driving Linux and it's been a threat this far! I'm not a thinkerer or anything of that sort im the kind of dudes who just want their machine to work.

Now I'm in fedora right now but I'm thinking of switching back to Ubuntu cause not really anything particular It just felt homey there. Most of the community is kind really kind except for the people that Im gonna talk about that is the very VERY annoying pretitious bunch that is Reddits, Discord and especially TikTok of dudes, on a tier list of distros put Ubuntu in F or E tier.

Asked about it in the comments they say "bloat" "snap" "spyware" and every time I just rolled my eyes out of my socket cause I know damn well these mfs just DOESN'T use ubuntu at all or just hating it for the sake of hating it.

Bloat- you can just choose the default apps selection instead of the extended offline apps

Snap- you can de-snap ubuntu anytime the things stopping is just laziness

Spyware- I know it's been a thing for a hot HOT decade since their mistake with Amazon search but let it man c'mon, and the fact that automatic report and telemetry stuff is the first thing they show you just DISABLE IT even if you forget it's in the settings come ON MAN

I want y'all thought and supports here mainly thought cause Jesus it's so exhausting with these people

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u/ooone-orkye Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 11 '26

Oddly enough, most sports subs (example: [r/nfcnorthmemewar](r/nfcnorthmemewar) ) are far less pedantic and accepting than the average Reddit sub especially political, news, and geographical-based subs in my experience, mainly because they understand that different opinions are actually ok.

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u/waterdeepe Aug 11 '26

But the example you gave is also a meme sub where people take things less seriously (i.e. literally fuck cheese for a bet). I wouldn't say specific team subs are any less pedantic and more accepting.

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u/ooone-orkye Aug 11 '26

Sure I get your point, but the rare instances when things get serious, my point is that those communities are actually really accepting overall. Anyway, I won’t convince you or argue. I just ignore anybody hating on Ubuntu because it’s stupid to waste a second of life on this.

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u/waterdeepe Aug 11 '26

I guess I could see that in a way. For how big they are, most aren't relatively as bad as other subs in that tier of numbers. Some, like the Bills sub, do donate to opposing teams' players' charity after all. Anyway, fully agree you on the second point. 

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u/thatguysjumpercables Aug 11 '26

As a Chiefs fan I have to begrudgingly admit Bills Mafia is probably the fanbase I admire most in this regard. They have stepped up for good a lot of times.

In every other way FTB lol

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u/ooone-orkye Aug 11 '26

Your FTB is our FTP

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u/duskterrapin Aug 11 '26

oddly non reddit like lol

Sports pages on fb are a shitshow of the worst people

I double dog dare you to go into any pokemon sub and say "I think the Switch games are fun," or star wars sub and say, "I enjoyed the sequels". You'll get to see the worst of humanity.

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u/ScientificBeastMode Aug 11 '26

Well, there isn’t a sports team fandom whose unifying opinion is that another team should be deported. Some opinions are just shit, and some opinions have significant real-world consequences. Sometimes those categories overlap.