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> but as a free OS, I accept that there's going to be some of that sort of thing happening The vast majority of Linux distributions are free and include none o
by a3_nm 13y ago
> but as a free OS, I accept that there's going to be some of that sort of thing happening
The vast majority of Linux distributions are free and include none of this sort of things, with some of them (e.g. Debian) having been in continuous existence for about 20 years. Whatever your opinion about this move by Ubuntu, you can't say that it's something that has to happen with free OSes and that you have to accept.
- oblique63 13y agoThe vast majority of Linux distros have also also never had a lot of casual desktop users outside of developers and server admins. Expanding consumer mindshare costs money, and it that has been Ubuntu's main priority since day one. Debian on the other hand has long prioritized stability/reliability as a good workhorse OS. Neither are bad goals, but it's disingenuous to imply that they are the same and should thus take the same paths to accomplishing them.