28 Sep
2008
28 Sep
'08
2 a.m.
I just learnt from a friend of mine that I should stop using Ubuntu as Canonical is not
contributing to the development of GNU/Linux systems as compared to other players. He also
suggested that since most of its stuff, or nothing, is upstream so we cant trust it. Also
his argument was, being run by one man, who may tomorrow change his mind and stop support
to Ubuntu, then what?
So, I am bringing this issue to the lista and have people's opinion as to how much
Canonical has contributed and how wise is the decision to use Ubuntu?
Here is the article of Greg Kroah-Hartman, maintainer of the USB and other subsystems in
the Linux kernel mentioning Canonical contribution to be 100 patches viz a viz 230 by
Mandriva and only 270 by Gentoo. Remember Ubuntu is quite young compared to Mandriva,
Gentoo.
http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/lpc_2008_keynote.html
Please suggest.
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28 Sep
3:54 a.m.
Swapnil Bhartiya wrote:
I just learnt from a friend of mine that I should stop
using Ubuntu as Canonical is not contributing to the development of GNU/Linux systems as
compared to other players. He also suggested that since most of its stuff, or nothing, is
upstream so we cant trust it. Also his argument was, being run by one man, who may
tomorrow change his mind and stop support to Ubuntu, then what?
[1] Canonical is not Ubuntu. Canonical is only a sponsoring agency for
Ubuntu, which is trying to get back the money it puts by offering
support and service for Ubuntu. It also sponsors for a small portion of
people associated with Ubuntu. It also pays for the resources that
Ubuntu community uses for the project.
[2] Other than the above stated things, Ubuntu is a community run
project. Decisions are taken after discussion/debate by contributors and
most of them are quite public through IRC channels and mailing lists.
The main decisions are taken during Ubuntu Developer Summit which
happens at the beginning of every new cycle. Participants to the UDS are
people who have substantial contribution to Ubuntu in terms of development.
[3] If at all, Canonical decides not to support Ubuntu then am sure that
a major portion of the contributing community will make an effort to
create resources and run the project. Indeed it will shake us to the
roots, but we will try our best not to fall.
A question to your friend will be, if not Ubuntu what does he feel to be
dependable enough? Any other distro or some non-GNU/Linux OS at all?
Every distribution has some pros and cons, every OS has some pros and
cons. At the end of the day, it's your freedom of choice to decide upon
something which you like to use and support.
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5:26 a.m.
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Parthan SR <parth.technofreak(a)gmail.com> wrote:
[1] Canonical is not Ubuntu. Canonical is only a
sponsoring agency for
Ubuntu, which is trying to get back the money it puts by offering
support and service for Ubuntu. It also sponsors for a small portion of
people associated with Ubuntu. It also pays for the resources that
Ubuntu community uses for the project.
What happen if some big company starts supporting Ubuntu project? What
can be stand of Canonical in that situation. Its very nice that
Canonical is supporting project. I am wondering its still some control
factor somewhere which is not inviting more contributor as it should
be.
[3] If at all, Canonical decides not to support Ubuntu
then am sure that
a major portion of the contributing community will make an effort to
create resources and run the project. Indeed it will shake us to the
roots, but we will try our best not to fall.
I am sure any good opensource project will run without support of any
particular company as it is. Agree.
The question to Canonical was Linux Kernel Contribution from its
kernel developers. See,
http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/lpc_2008_keynote.html
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6:41 a.m.
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Swapnil Bhartiya <arnieswap(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/lpc_2008_keynote.html
Please suggest.
A response to Greg's Presentation.
http://mdzlog.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/greg-kh-linux-ecosystem/
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