I wouldn't call it "unable to compromise". There was some version of Ubuntu that wasn't any more stable than Windows XP for me - that's when I stopped using it.

I wouldn't call it "unable to compromise". There was some version of Ubuntu that wasn't any more stable than Windows XP for me - that's when I stopped using it. I've also never tried to discourage anyone from using Ubuntu - but I noticed it's not for me. Apart from a tiny fraction of "this is a little nicer for the desktop user" I am losing a lot versus plain Debian - and I wouldn't that call that idealistic. On the other hand... maybe there would've been a year of Linux on the desktop if a good part of the distros would've folded and people would've joined forces. Who knows?