Ubuntu Linux and GNOME: The Disputes conti

[Basil Chupin]

Linux is the supercomputer operating system of choice 
<http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/661>; thanks to Android, Linux 
is becoming the most popular smartphone operating system 
<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/android-to-control-half-of-smartphone-market-say-analysts/38881> 
of them all;and Linux continues to make gains in the server market 
<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/idc-dollarwise-windows-still-leads-the-server-market/8825>. 
But, when it comes to the desktop, no matter how you measure it, Linux 
has never how more than a tiny share of the desktop market 
<http://practical-tech.com/uncategorized/is-the-linux-desktop-dream-dead/3186>. 
Why? Well, I can give you lots of reasons, but one that Mark 
Shuttleworth founder of Canonical <http://www.canonical.com>, the 
company behind the popular Ubuntu <http://www.ubuntu.com> Linux 
distribution, has pointed out that there's a lot of disorganization and 
disorder in Linux desktop developer circles.

The specific problem that started the current discussions roiling the 
Linux desktop waters was explored by Dave Neary, a member and former 
director of the GNOME <http://www.gnome.org/>, in a commentary on how 
Canonical and Ubuntu people claimed that "We offered our help to GNOME, 
and they didn't want it. 
<http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2011/03/07/has-gnome-rejected-canonical-help>"

[More]

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-linux-and-gnome-the-disputes-continue/8469

-- 
"Aaah....another pointless day when I've achieved nothing."
                   Bender, Futurama.

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