[OT] Ubuntu Should Be Forked!

Swapnil Bhartiya swapnil.bhartiya at gmail.com
Mon Jan 30 11:17:53 UTC 2012


On 01/30/2012 11:59 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 30/01/12 21:22, Swapnil Bhartiya wrote:
>> On 01/30/2012 11:13 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>> On 30/01/12 20:09, Swapnil Bhartiya wrote:
>>>> http://www.muktware.com/articles/3252/ubuntu-should-be-forked
>>
>>>
>>> Sorry, but I simply do not understand the aim of your post. Or put
>>> another way: what is your real agenda by posting this message?
>>
>> The agenda is to keep users to Ubuntu and stop them from migrating. If
>> they get a vanilla Gnome Ubuntu they will not bother to switch to LM.
>
> There is as much chance of this happening as there is of a snowflake
> surviving the fires of hell. Get used to it.
>
>>> understand that Mandrake has gone belly-up. Can someone confirm this,
>>> thanks?) So simply stay with openSUSE and don't waste time downloading
>>> and maintaining something which irks you - ie, Ubuntu.
>> A most excellent choice for a solid and well respected distro. (I
>>
>> I have been an Ubuntu user for 6 years and have installed it on many
>> user's PCs so it is my concern to address their needs. If it irks me
>> -- I have two options I stop using it or suggest something which will
>> help me and many like me.
>
> You've got it in one: stop using it or use something else.

So, your solution is 'my way or the highway' instead of letting users 
voice their opinion as to what they would like in their OS? What's wrong 
in suggesting a version of Ubuntu that offers vanilla Gnome Shell 
experience? What harm will it do?

Swapnil




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