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Is Ubuntu Treating Its Users as If They Can’t Be Trusted? (linuxiac.com)

submitted 2 days ago by cm0002@mander.xyz to c/linux@programming.dev

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Ubuntu has taken another step that, honestly, leaves me scratching my head. While most distributions try to offer as many convenient GUI tools as possible to help users manage every part of their system, Ubuntu… apparently sees things a bit differently.

I say this because Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (scheduled for release on April, 23) will no longer ship the long-standing “Software & Updates” graphical tool by default on fresh desktop installs, following a change proposed in Launchpad as bug 2140527.

The adjustment replaces the software-properties-gtk package in the desktop seed with software-properties-common, effectively removing the visible GUI while keeping the underlying repository management tools in place.

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[–] Denixen@feddit.nu 2 points 15 hours ago

They are not entirely wrong for not trusting them though. I have broken more than one Ubuntu installs... and I consider myself a semi-advanced user.

If more windows people join and Ubuntu wants to keep them, they need protection from doing stupid things like uninstalling all display and graphics drivers or system critical packages...

Don't underestimate people's stupidity, at least that something that Microsoft and apple get right.