..on Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:48:01AM -0800, Lee Fisher wrote: > > If this sort of behaviour from Ubuntu continues, what I would > suggest is> that simply people start recommending other Linux > distributions. Personally > > I'm a big Fedora fan: It has the same level of ease of use and > features as > > Ubuntu and also a nice aesthetic and full SELinux security > features across > > the board. The community is also dedicated. http://fedoraproject.org/ > > I agree, about switching to another Linux (or BSD) distro. > > But while Fedora (Ubuntu or [Open]SUSE or Mint, etc.) have a lot of > volunteers, the platform is still controlled by a corporation. > > What makes you think that they aren't already doing this, or won't > soon adopt Canonical's model? > > You can't trust any single-vendor-controlled operating system. > Apple, Microsoft, Canonical, RedHat, Attachmate/Novell, etc. > Especially closed source ones, but even open source ones, like > Canonical has demonstrated. > > I'd suggest one that is fully-controlled by the community, like > Debian, or another one of your preference.
Debian is the mother of around 70% of GNU/Linux distributions. I've been using it as my primary OS (laptop, server, workstation) since 1998. It was a little rough in the early days but now it's pretty damn dreamy. It even now backports innovations from its grandchild, Ubuntu. If you'd like to be a little closer to the bling (assuming you're happy with Debian testing) I'd look at Linux Mint Debian: http://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php Cheers, -- Julian Oliver http://julianoliver.com http://criticalengineering.org -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech