Loving Ubuntu Linux
Basil Chupin
blchupin at iinet.net.au
Fri Feb 25 04:05:57 UTC 2011
On 25/02/2011 15:02, Basil Chupin wrote:
> 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
CORRECTION: I gave the wrong URL for the above story which should be-
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/loving-ubuntu-linux/8310
(but the first URL also contains a relevant article).
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