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Remember back when Ubuntu put ads in the dash? I do (~2014) (lemmy.zip)
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[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 112 points 2 months ago

Ads?! in Ubuntu? Never! They were simply "integrating online scope results into the home lens of the dash" 🤡

(that is an actual quote from the sentence immediately following "We’re not putting ads in Ubuntu" in Mark Shuttleworth's blog post responding to the entirely predictable backlash after they did this, twelve years ago...)

[-] november@lemmy.vg 44 points 2 months ago

Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African and British entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Canonical, the company behind the development of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system.[1] In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first South African to travel to space, doing so as a space tourist.[2][3][4] He lives on the Isle of Man and holds dual citizenship from South Africa and the United Kingdom.[5][6] According to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2020, Shuttleworth is worth an estimated £500 million. --Wikipedia

This explains so much.

[-] Goodtoknow@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago

He the Linux world's mini elon musk

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