In 2012 when Ubuntu was the default choice, new users were instantly told what flavours are and what the three options were and why they should choose one over another. The info was also straight on Ubuntu.com where you downloaded the install media from. The problem you’re imagining did not exist.
E: Also I’m not trying to recruit new users. I’m having a discussion about the historical context of Ubuntu. I’ve successfully converted many laymen users to Ubuntu who still use it to this day. I’ve converted whole teams to Ubuntu professionally over the years too.
Oh. In 2012 they didn’t have a simple direct download link to whatever the main one they were pushing at the time was, to reduce analysis paralysis for new users?
In 2012 they had no mention of Kubuntu or KDE on the official Ubuntu homepage and downloads page. Same for the Canonical website. I checked both in April and October of 2012 on the Wayback Machine.
In 2012 when Ubuntu was the default choice, new users were instantly told what flavours are and what the three options were and why they should choose one over another. The info was also straight on Ubuntu.com where you downloaded the install media from. The problem you’re imagining did not exist.
E: Also I’m not trying to recruit new users. I’m having a discussion about the historical context of Ubuntu. I’ve successfully converted many laymen users to Ubuntu who still use it to this day. I’ve converted whole teams to Ubuntu professionally over the years too.
Oh. In 2012 they didn’t have a simple direct download link to whatever the main one they were pushing at the time was, to reduce analysis paralysis for new users?
In 2012 they had no mention of Kubuntu or KDE on the official Ubuntu homepage and downloads page. Same for the Canonical website. I checked both in April and October of 2012 on the Wayback Machine.
Weird that I don’t see any mention of KDE or Kubuntu on the 2012 Ubuntu website then.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120427110552/https://ubuntu.com/