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I'm not a Ubuntu hater, but wrt to "Credit Where Credit Is Due", I was recently at the Ubuntu homepage: http://www.ubuntu.com/ http://www.ubuntu.com/ NO menti
by jberryman 16y ago
I'm not a Ubuntu hater, but wrt to "Credit Where Credit Is Due", I was recently at the Ubuntu homepage:
http://www.ubuntu.com/ http://www.ubuntu.com/
NO mention of "linux" or "GNU" anywhere on the page. Click on the "How Can It Be Free?" link, and no mention of GNU or the GPL.
In fact the reasons they give are "1. It's Open Source" and "2. It's Managed and Funded by Canonical". Open Source is a side-effect of Free as in Freedom, a concept that Canonical is agnostic about. And I'm not sure what point 2 means.
I can understand not wanting to turn people off with scary-sounding words, but even Mac like to tout the "rock solid unix foundation" on which OSX is built.
- nkassis 16y agoI think they view GNU and GPL explanations as not very friendly to their perceived audience which is the common computer user. Branding it Ubuntu in their view makes it simpler to understand. I think they want to be like OS X and relegate discussions of BSD and Mach Kernel to some really hard to find page. At least that's how i'm interpreting their pr stuff.
- jberryman 16y agoYeah, I agree. But I think the branding of Ubuntu as this "immaculately-conceived" OS is what annoys a lot of folks who know a bit about linux. I think a simple mention on their front page would be enough.