Ubuntu: derivative or fork?
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Ubuntu: derivative or fork?
LXer – LXer (press release) – Sep 24, 2005
But Ubuntu is much more than that. Ubuntu never positioned itself as a Debian derivative, like Xandros, or Mepis, or Knoppix. As promised I have written down my views and doubts concerning Ubuntu, the leading desktop distribution based on Debian and its odd relationships with Debian. I have no evidence of my thesis, except for the few points I’ll mention clearly in the article. I wish that this article can be the starting point of a healthy discussion, and I don’t want it to be an end. I may have harsh words against either Ubuntu and Debian, but they are meant to stirr up thinking not unfairly criticizing people or projects. In any case, thanks for allowing me to express myself freely on this topic.
Ubuntu v. Debian
LXer – Sep 24, 2005
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Story: Ubuntu: derivative or fork?Total Replies: 12
AuthorContent rht
Sep 24, 20051:34 PM EDT This story is rubbish. This bloke is treating his own delusional conclusions as fact so that he can prove a conspiracy of one. If MS wants to spend his zillions in philanthropic ways then by what moral authority does this chap demand the right to mandate the objects of MS’s charity. Ubuntu is what it is. At the very least, it has introduced a lot of people to The Debian Way. I hope that MS lives long, for he has already prospered.
Ubuntu carves niche in Linux landscape
Cnet Asia – Oct 3, 2005
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Monday, October 03, 2005 11:59 AM
It’s not easy building a new version of Linux and establishing a large following. But with the Ubuntu project, one team of programmers has managed to do just that. The fact that there are at least 386 available versions of Linux shows just how many groups want to launch their own “distributions”–Linux combined with other open-source software into a full-fledged operating-system product. But the fact that few people are familiar with distributions other than.
Ubuntu – Linux for Human Beings
Digital Divide Network – Sep 22, 2005
Ubuntu also means “I am what I am because of who we all are”. The Ubuntu Linux distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world. Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Manifesto: that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customise and alter their software in whatever way they see fit.
Tutorial: Ubuntu for servers
LXer – Sep 25, 2005
Ubuntu is primarily known as one of the most popular desktop distributions. But you can also use it for servers!.
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