Loving Ubuntu Linux

[Basil Chupin]

My writing compadre Bruce Byfield wrote that while "Ubuntu 
<http://www.ubuntu.com> first appeared, the free and open source 
software (FOSS) community was delighted. But, "In 2011, that honeymoon 
is long past 
<http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3925641_1/Ubuntu-Where-Did-the-Love-Go.htm>. 
Although Ubuntu remains the dominant distro, criticisms of its 
relationship with the rest of FOSS seem to be coming every other month." 
To which, I can only reply, "So what else is new?"

Ubuntu started as a Debian <http://www.debian.org> fork almost seven 
years ago and I can still find Debian developers who are ticked off 
about it to this very day. Since then, as Byfield notes, Ubuntu, and its 
parent company Canonical <http://www.canonical.com> has gotten into 
hot-water with one party after the other in open-source circles.

A short list would include Debian's continued jealousy 
<http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/shuttleworth-wants-debianubuntu-co-operation/2005/> 
getting in the way of co-operation between the closely related Linux 
distributions; countless accusations that Canonical/Ubuntu is all about 
promoting Ubuntu and not Linux 
<http://www.jejik.com/articles/2007/05/ubuntu_on_dell_-_good_for_linux_or_just_for_canonical>; 
and that Ubuntu doesn't contribute its fair share to the Linux kernel 
<http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/ubuntu-vs-red-hat-who-really-contributes-the-most-to-linux/2950/> 
and other up-stream open-source programs.

[More]

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3925641_1/Ubuntu-Where-Did-the-Love-Go.htm

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