On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Swapnil Bhartiya < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just learnt from a friend of mine that I should stop using Ubuntu as > Canonical is not contribiting to the developmemt 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. > -- > > -- > Swapnil Bhartiya > http://ybfree.blogspot.com/ > Mobile: 09910956518 > ======================= > I use Free Software, what do you use? > ======================= > -- > ______________________________________________________________________ > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) > List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail > Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions. > IMHO Ubuntu does more than any other distro out there in popularizing Linux as an Operating System and hence is contributing a lot more to open source. I don't see how developing on upstream projects will make it more robust or stable or better to use. As regards to the fact that Ubuntu has a BDFL in Shuttleworth, I think thats a boon more than a curse. If at any point in the future the community becomes disillusioned by his decisions, there is always the option of a fork. Going by his past record, it seems unlikely that there would be a fork in the near future. Kunal -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
