I actually think this is a key point: the Linux kernel only provides a small fraction of the utility a Linux user derives from the system as a whole. The work t

I actually think this is a key point: the Linux kernel only provides a small fraction of the utility a Linux user derives from the system as a whole. The work that Canonical does to insure that Ubuntu releases are stable, supported, and documented pays much higher dividends to most users, and does more to attract new users. Attacking Canonical for not contributing enough to the kernel sounds to me a lot like attacking the members of local Linux user groups for not including enough core kernel hackers in their membership.