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Re: Ubuntu - Brave New World? Or Jumping off a Cliff?

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Post by sp332 » Mon, Nov 08, 2010, 3:24 AM UTC

viraptor wrote: post #9

It's bizarre for me... I see every single release better in general, but worse in details. I just keep a list of things to unbreak after installation. Even though I like the whole system, they seem to be going for the new and shiny stuff too much and I don't think they'll ever going to produce a mature system. Some examples: F-spot was replaced with Shotwell instead of fixing F-spot's problems (if there were any, I w…

F-Spot was dropped for a single reason, which turned out to have both political and practical backing: it requires Mono to be part of the default Ubuntu install.

Re: Ubuntu - Brave New World? Or Jumping off a Cliff?

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Post by viraptor » Mon, Nov 08, 2010, 10:56 AM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #11

viraptor wrote: post #9

It's bizarre for me... I see every single release better in general, but worse in details. I just keep a list of things to unbreak after installation. Even though I like the whole system, they seem to be going for the new and shiny stuff too much and I don't think they'll ever going to produce a mature system. Some examples: F-spot was replaced with Shotwell instead of fixing F-spot's problems (if there were any, I w…

F-Spot was dropped for a single reason, which turned out to have both political and practical backing: it requires Mono to be part of the default Ubuntu install.

That's unlikely, since tomboy is still included (so Mono is included too). There is also a plan for another .net application to be added to the default (can't recall the name now).

Re: Ubuntu - Brave New World? Or Jumping off a Cliff?

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Post by wccrawford » Fri, Nov 12, 2010, 12:01 PM UTC

BCM43 wrote: post #4

wccrawford wrote: post #3

Phrases like 'has to convince the market' always turn me off an article. Especially when dealing with FREE stuff. What exactly IS the market for 'free'? People will use Ubuntu as long as it is good, and Canonical will make money supporting it as long as people use it. Personally, I prefer Kubuntu... But that doesn't really make much difference, does it? I've used other distros in the past, but they all came up short…

Have you tried debian testing? It is rolling release and generally as stable as ubuntu.

The last time I tried Debian Testing, it was still WAY behind Ubuntu. I moved to Ubuntu because it had things I wanted already in its repositories that Debian Testing didn't.

I even ran Debian Unstable for a while and still wasn't happy.

Mind you, that was my only complaint about Debian. I think it's a great distro, just a bit dated due to stability concerns.