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I was expelled from college, went to jail, and am now homeless, all thanks to Ubuntu.

By Anonymous | Updated 04/29/26(Wed)20:29:06

I was expelled from college, went to jail, and am now homeless, all thanks to Ubuntu.

I studied an bachelors in college. We had a big assessment during the coronavirus lockdowns. It was a 1 hour assessment and we had to fill in a word document with the correct answers. The word document had the questions and instructions in it.

I filled the questions and then "export directly as .PDF "in LibreOffice. Apparently I was meant to just "export as PDF" instead. What resulted was my entire assessment just being a few blank textboxes.

I realized this before submitting, but I had already closed the original word document. My professor did not buy this excuse and I was expelled from college, as it was my second time failing this unit.

Furthermore, I was an independent contractor and had to retain all invoices for a set amount of years. I originally kept them in a folder, but then decided to create a password protected .zip archive, using Ubuntu's built in zip software. I then deleted the original folder.

I was audited and got the .zip folder but it was corrupted, it would show an error despite entering the correct, simple password. To test, I created a lot of .zip files, using the same password, some archives worked, and some were corrupted from the get go. I was sentenced to a short stint in jail.

I am now out of jail and homeless, all thanks to Ubuntu.