Ubuntu Stealing Linux Thunder?
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thu, 05/15/2008 - 00:07.
There is a growing identity crisis in the Linux community. In simplest terms, is Ubuntu taking the spotlight away from other deserving Linux distributions?
This has been charged over and again. While I can certainly see how some people might feel that Linux is being seen as a single distribution, I would also point out that the Ubuntu developers and the companies that support Ubuntu are not doing anything that cannot be duplicated.
Similar Distributions: Without High Adoption Rate. I don't care if the group running your distro is a non-profit or if the project is directly sponsored by a for-profit entity. Without dedicated individuals addressing more than mere development, you will see what has happened to other distributions continue in Ubuntu's wake.
OpenSuSE, Fedora, Debian, Mandriva.
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Refusing a Ubuntu gift ? Not likely in Linux world ? How free ?
Ubuntu will send you a few cds free to your door. Plus they have more bug fixers even tho many bugs are not fixed at will. They want to keep certain buggy flavours.
Ubuntu is still without regards to one click update, so other distros can still beat Ubuntu open sourced developers with paid developers who can smell money coming their way? Open sourced developers never can see business coming, if users do less work, enjoy more experience(XML).
Oh, well. Ubuntu will be unstoppable if Shuttleworth starts to smell money coming? Mark may have to hire an industrial design firm to redesign Ubuntu for consumption(less work, more productivity).
Good article from Linux newcomers
For a change, that's quite an insightful article from him.
IANAL, but...
> Fedora, on the other hand, has received some solid press lately,
> due to its latest release. Yet some people still do not agree
> with their desire to make users pay for restricted codecs.
It's legally problematic for a corporation based in the United States to allow a project it sponsors to provide patent-encumbered codecs free of charge. A matter of fact, not opinion.
> I agree with Fedora doing this, it is tough love in my opinion.
So you agree with Fedora's stance then, Matt?
> But many users will completely disagree. They will use Ubuntu
> as it only gives an empty warning about potentially violating
> laws in some regions of the world.
> Getting back to my original point, if other distributions would
> like to regain the thunder that some of their developers may have
> felt like was taken away from then, why not appeal to the larger
> market of users?
So you don't agree with Fedora's stance then, Matt?
It's nice to know that there are still men of intellect and principle out there in the world of IT journalism.