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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will make snaps unavoidable

November 10, 2025 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will make snaps unavoidable2025-11-13T18:28:10+01:00 3 Comments apocalypse, Cinnamon, fedora, hibernation, idiocy, Linux, lubuntu, LXDE, LXQt, Mint, mx, ubuntu

Canonical's vice-president for engineering, Jon Seager, gave an interview to The Reg. The news are all bad, although some of the bad things won't happen that soon. But I'm saddened…

SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded)

May 27, 2024 SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded)2025-09-17T12:19:11+01:00 35 Comments AlmaLinux, centos, Cinnamon, debian, epel, fedora, filesystems, GNOME, gtk, idiocy, kde, kernel, kubuntu, Linux, lite, longread, lubuntu, LXDE, LXQt, MATE (desktop), NTFS, openSUSE, Paragon, Red Hat, SPECIAL, Thunar, ubuntu, XFCE, xubuntu

In the last year and half, I thought I could stop the distro-hopping, but very recently it turned out it wasn't the case. Since there are criteria and thoughts about…

SPECIAL: You Don’t Even Know How Terrible Your Linux Distro Is!

September 18, 2021 SPECIAL: You Don’t Even Know How Terrible Your Linux Distro Is!2025-09-19T14:49:20+01:00 27 Comments arch, Cinnamon, fedora, garuda, GNOME, kubuntu, Linux, longread, LXDE, LXQt, manjaro, MATE (desktop), noatime, relatime, SPECIAL, ubuntu, xubuntu

Long time no see, so I'm going to synthesize here the experiences and the epiphanies I had with Linux in the last couple of months. You should be at least…

Alexandre Dubois on It ain’t no freedom, and it’ll be even less of it: “You have a brain and use it. I love people who use their brains. I feel less lonely. Thank you…” Nov 27, 20:22
Béranger on Me no know much, but running LLMs locally was disappointing: “I’m not a fan of running AI models locally on low-end systems (and I hate Nvidia), but 4 weeks ago…” Nov 27, 12:39
Béranger on eMag Marketplace: loc de luat țeapă de la chinezii din Lyon!: “eMag continuă să afișeze falsuri ordinare pe marketplace, iar cum vânzarea se face prin eMag.ro, sunt complici la înșelătorie! Dar…” Nov 26, 22:01
Béranger on ChatGPT și CCR: Deci așa, cam în vreo 15 ani…: “Curtea Constituțională decide cine trăiește și cine moare. CCR a respins criteriul oncologic pentru retragerea integrală a fondurilor din pensiile…” Nov 25, 22:19
Jonney Bonehead on Microsoft’s lawsuits alone should have made us ditch them: “Why does all of society put up with these goons? In a saner world these deranged tech CEOs and their…” Nov 24, 20:23
Béranger on Should we stop wanting to hack-install Win11 on older CPUs?: “This is mostly about smartphones, not just computers, but it’s terribly offensive and dumb: Americans are holding onto devices longer…” Nov 24, 15:12
Béranger on SPECIAL: Trust your gut, but revise your subjunctive—and beware of dictionaries!: “And a tiny addition: Merriam-Webster censors!” Nov 24, 00:01
Béranger on On the AI Apocalypse: ARTE documentaries & NYT interviews: “Peter Thiel at “Interesting Times” with Ross Douthat: — On YT: A.I., Mars and Immortality: Are We Dreaming Big Enough?…” Nov 23, 17:21
Béranger on SPECIAL: Trust your gut, but revise your subjunctive—and beware of dictionaries!: “Even a post with 12,000 words, which needs 2 hours to be properly read and understood, supported some additions, and…” Nov 23, 17:11
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Just in case: How to install Proton VPN on Lubuntu.” Nov 19, 18:29
Béranger on ChatGPT și CCR: Deci așa, cam în vreo 15 ani…: “Scrisoarea Ares(2025)2415057 nu este document public, nu poate fi găsită online pe siturile europene. Dar dacă jalonul de PNRR depindea…” Nov 17, 19:24
Béranger on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will make snaps unavoidable: “We should hope that LTS releases will always be more polished, but QA seems to be deteriorating. Ubuntu Cinnamon can…” Nov 16, 23:26
HAL on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will make snaps unavoidable: “Regarding your last point, that’s true, but 25.10 is not LTS, whereas 24.04 is. The latter is undoubtedly more refined…” Nov 16, 23:21
Béranger on Comics Kingdom Easy Browser: “Non, il n’y a RIEN franco-belge EN ACCÈS GRATUIT en ligne ! Sinon, même les Italiens… mais pas en ligne.” Nov 16, 22:32
HAL on Comics Kingdom Easy Browser: “Supported Comic Strips… Pfff, pourquoi que de l’anglais ? Il y a des trucs français, belges…. également. Nous sommes tristes…” Nov 16, 22:31
Béranger on The magic of Amazon’s Kiro: my 1st vibe-coded PyQt6 app!: “NEW! ComicsKingdom is also covered by a web app!” Nov 16, 15:20
Béranger on The magic of Amazon’s Kiro: my 1st vibe-coded PyQt6 app!: “UPDATES: version 1.1.3 and Comic Strip Browser in your browser!” Nov 16, 03:25
Béranger on Linux Apps: The failure of Foliate: “” Nov 15, 15:01
HAL on Linux Apps: The failure of Foliate: “Readest under Linux, yes, but…. it’s an AppImage 🙁” Nov 15, 14:56
Béranger on ChatGPT și CCR: Deci așa, cam în vreo 15 ani…: “Să nu uiți, Darie! Magistrații care și-au suspendat parțial activitatea pe perioada grevei ilegale de la finalul lunii august și…” Nov 14, 17:57
Béranger on ChatGPT și CCR: Deci așa, cam în vreo 15 ani…: “Ba nu, nu se va schimba nimic nici în 15 ani. Gabriel Liiceanu: Ne-a trădat întâi primul președinte de după…” Nov 14, 15:45
Béranger on They cancelled Sabine H. for calling the emperor naked!: “Sabine H., on Nov. 5: I was SO wrong about quantum computing. I was officially wrong about quantum computers. And…” Nov 14, 15:22
Béranger on Linux Apps: The failure of Foliate: “I did not revisit e-book readers on Linux, but I revisited them on Android and Windows, here. Takeaways: ● Icecream…” Nov 14, 15:08
Béranger on ChatGPT și CCR: Deci așa, cam în vreo 15 ani…: “CTP: Mită anticorupție și matematică prezidențială: ● În Justiția din România se desfășoară procesul cu ușile deschise Magistrații versus Poporul…” Nov 14, 12:42
Béranger on Kimi and Z.AI: The more Chinese, the merrier!: “Visiting kimi.com with a mobile browser doesn’t give you anymore a direct download link to an APK. Instead, it redirects…” Nov 14, 12:38
Béranger on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will make snaps unavoidable: “When I said that Linux Mint adds bugs to Ubuntu, I forgot to add that LMDE adds bugs to Debian!…” Nov 13, 01:43
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “● Added a 22nd tip: Using Zswap (not ZRAM!). ● Small updates of tip #16 Bulky from Linux Mint and…” Nov 11, 04:31
Béranger on When being European pays the bill: Win10 has one more year: “Bleeping Computer: Still on Windows 10? Enroll in free ESU before next week’s Patch Tuesday.” Nov 9, 01:55
HAL on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Yes. Peut-être est-ce le nouveau menu par défaut de LXQt 2.3.0 ? Si c’est cela, espérons que Lubuntu le gardera dans…” Nov 6, 23:49
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Aaah, chez Bobby Borisov ! Je ne sais pas comment il a fait pour obtenir ça. Si c’est comme ça par…” Nov 6, 23:45
HAL on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Je voulais parler du screenshot dans l’article dont vous donnez le lien en update de votre dernier commentaire. https://distrowatch.com/images/ktyxqzobhgijab/lubuntu.png Je…” Nov 6, 23:43
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Ça doit être vous 🙂 Ici, le menu est tout à fait normal.” Nov 6, 23:01
HAL on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Is it just me, or is the Start Menu upside down? I prefer the categories on the left and the…” Nov 6, 22:54
Béranger on Alibaba outsmarts DeepSeek in AI offerings: “I only used Qwen in a browser, in some weeks more than in the 2nd week of September, when it…” Nov 6, 18:34
Béranger on Windows IoT 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021: Would you have expected me to write about it?: “This is what’s wrong in your story: left her notebook on repair at local PC store/workshop Oh, and I found…” Nov 6, 00:30
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Oh, LXQt 2.3.0 has been released! Announcement, GitHub. I don’t care about Wayland, but there are minor improvements in PCManFM-Qt,…” Nov 6, 00:28
Alex on Windows IoT 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021: Would you have expected me to write about it?: “I will write a retarded comment, but it is a true story: my friend some time ago left her notebook…” Nov 5, 23:12
John Jones Jr on So You Know Why People Vote for Extremists in Europe: “I suspect capitalists in the EU are pushing this on purpose (behind the scenes) to create a furor, they know…” Nov 5, 14:44
Béranger on Windows IoT 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021: Would you have expected me to write about it?: “Bleeping Computer: Microsoft has warned that some systems may boot into BitLocker recovery after installing the October 2025 Windows security…” Nov 5, 13:19
Aldus on 🤖 AI: from LLMs to Enslavement ● ChatGPT lies about its Search!: “Nine months later… In a comment to my previous post, I noted how Hugging Face alone, which is undoubtedly only…” Nov 5, 06:14
Sean Streiff on Hibernation, ZRAM and mental retardation in Linux: “Yes, this is EXACTLY the issue. Hibernation is just a civilized way to interact with any computer on which one…” Nov 4, 21:06
whoever on Lumo by Proton: a fraud of an AI: ““While I do need to process and store our conversation” → so, okay, there you’ve already overstepped, Proton. God forbid…” Nov 4, 14:45
Béranger on I still prefer VMware to VirtualBox: “Bleeping Computer: CISA orders feds to patch VMware Tools flaw exploited by Chinese hackers: Tracked as CVE-2025-41244 and patched one…” Nov 1, 02:05
Béranger on Kimi and Z.AI: The more Chinese, the merrier!: “Is it still true that the Kimi version from Google Play Store doesn’t allow authenticating with Google, but only by…” Nov 1, 01:25
Béranger on Când credeam că le-am văzut pe toate…: “Căcăciosul de la BackPackYourLife a vizitat bârlogul banditului de Radu Mazăre.” Nov 1, 00:54
Béranger on Bypassing GoComics’ paywall: “Indeed, I hate how they diluted so many strips through animations, games, paraphernalia, anything that can be exploited via franchising.…” Oct 31, 19:38
Uncle Max on Bypassing GoComics’ paywall: “I just wanted to add that my nieces and nephews who are around 10 years old, they’re deep into screens,…” Oct 31, 19:33
Uncle Max on Bypassing GoComics’ paywall: “You are a hero. Thank you!” Oct 31, 19:25
Béranger on namesake vs. homonym vs. eponym vs. Romance languages: “French has a modern meaning of “truculent” that’s not present in either English or other Romance languages: Le Robert online:…” Oct 31, 00:36
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “The most severe limitation of Lubuntu is that the live session cannot mount internal partitions, so it cannot be used…” Oct 29, 23:57
HAL on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Cool, thank you very much! It’s neither complicated nor difficult to do, so how can developers not be able to…” Oct 29, 18:12
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Added a 21st tip: Mounting ISO files in PCManFM-Qt.” Oct 29, 13:12
Béranger on 📻 Radio Streams: “Overhaul of Joe.nl/Joe.be.” Oct 29, 12:27
HAL on Bluesabre is pathetic, and “the Xubuntu project” is retarded: “Unfortunately, this is likely to happen in the near future.” Oct 28, 23:33
Béranger on Bluesabre is pathetic, and “the Xubuntu project” is retarded: “Let it be this way. Who needs Wayland can go use KDE.” Oct 28, 20:09
HAL on Bluesabre is pathetic, and “the Xubuntu project” is retarded: “You forgot the previous part where they also talk about the lack of manpower forcing them to postpone certain developments,…” Oct 28, 20:06
Béranger on Lumo by Proton: a fraud of an AI: ““Access to advanced AI models” is the relevant feature. Maybe to the same question, a paying user is automatically “upgraded”…” Oct 28, 19:45
HAL on Lumo by Proton: a fraud of an AI: “Lumo Free: 0 €, Free forever — Limited daily chats — Access to web search — Basic chat history —…” Oct 28, 19:41
Béranger on Bluesabre is pathetic, and “the Xubuntu project” is retarded: “Oh, yes: We need help with development. Lubuntu is effectively in “maintenance mode” at this point, but we’d like to…” Oct 28, 19:03
HAL on Bluesabre is pathetic, and “the Xubuntu project” is retarded: “Lubuntu aussi demande de l’aide : Lubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) Released! See Technical Notes. “We need help with development.”” Oct 28, 16:01