SELinux: What's the Ubuntu trick?

[Frank McCormick]

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On Wed, 31 May 2006 21:01:14 -0400
Matt Galvin <matt.t.galvin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 5/31/06, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:19:56 +0800
> > "Michael T. Richter" <ttmrichter at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On Wed, 2006-31-05 at 10:27 -0400, Jeremy J. Swarm wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have no idea what the "trick" is, but i feel that this
> > > > response is inappropriate. Ubuntu is reknowned for its
> > > > great community, but this response does not reflect that.
> > >
> > >
> > > Renowned where?  The only people I keep hearing saying
> > > what a great community Ubuntu has is ... well, the Ubuntu
> > > community.  To me Albert's response appears only slightly
> > > below the norm.  And then there's that "Linux Test Pilot"
> > > guy who didn't have the greatest things in the world to
> > > say about the community either.
> > >
> > > But he's just a journalist.
> >
> >
> > What is a genuine "community" ? Examples might be for
> > instance a monastery, or perhaps a small tight-knit village.
> > What are the characterisitics of such communities ? Are they
> > invariably friendly and well-behaved ? Do they sail along
> > without conflicts, full of constantly happy smiling people
> > with soft-focus Hollywood Happy sentiments, and violins
> > playing on the sound track? I think not, from personal
> > experience.
> >
> > Expecting any group to be unfailingly welcoming, friendly
> > and helpful is really a sure path to disappointment. Ubuntu
> > is "Linux for human beings", yes - but human beings rarely
> > live up fully to the ideal of "ubuntu" in the original sense
> > of the word.
> >
> > That doesn't mean the ideal is a bad one - just that we are
> > fallible, and human in a different and less positive meaning
> > of that word.
> >
> > I *do* think we need to stop trumpeting how wonderful we are
> > though - that's a very unlikable characterisitic, in
> > anyone... and "ipso facto", negates the claim.
> 
> hmm, what i think, not to be rude but, could we possibly
> umm... stay on topic and stop feeding the trolls.
> 
  Peter and Michael trolls?? I think not. Go back and read the
archives.

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Cheers

Frank

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