[xubuntu-users] Are *Ubuntu Based Distro's Dying?

[Enki]

Sorry for jumping in; people are changing rapidly these days and it 
seems as though they cannot live without their mobile phones taped to 
their ears and a tablet or lappy burning their eyes until the wee hours. 
My take for what it's worth; regardless of system used (windoze, mac 
etc) people cannot live today without these things so it kind of makes 
one think that even a 'free' system such as Ubuntu will always be worked 
upon to try and keep people glued to their monitors/tv's. We are headed 
down a very dark, twisting road because we never bother to look outside 
the window to see whats going on, we believe the news broadcasts and 
take them for granted - mostly lies of course, but when you are trying 
to turn the human race into mere robotic morons without them noticing 
it....well, that's my observation anyway.

On 06/07/2015 19:20, JMZ wrote:
> Doubt it.
>
> The ubuntu family is one of the few linux systems which is 
> plug-n-play.  Just load the image disc in and go.  After that, the 
> system will work just fine as is, or it can be improved.
>
> I've run xubuntu on barebones systems, and have for years.  The great 
> thing about linux versions is that it's easy to go computing on the 
> cheap.  I feel bad for people who spend more on a mac system than the 
> book value of my car.  Seriously, a $100 computer and some scrounged 
> parts is all someone needs.  Heck, LXDE will run on a computer picked 
> from the trash (like a pentium 4 or something).
>
> Jordan
>
> On 07/06/2015 12:46 PM, Jesse Palser wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Here is my little story:
>> I used Ubuntu until Unity,
>> then Kubuntu until Plasma 5,
>> and now am using Xubuntu.
>>
>> I've seen some things which make me believe that *Ubuntu based 
>> distro's are dying?
>> Seem like something will happen to Ubuntu soon and then the spins 
>> would die?
>>
>> Anyone know anything about this?
>> Thanks!
>>
>> P.S. I've tried about 15 different Linux distro's and like Xubuntu 
>> best now...
>>
>> Jesse
>>
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