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Canonical has been kind enough to not include the name "Debian" on their Debian derivative's front[0] or about[1] pages. It finally shows up in the about - abo
by stolio 13y ago
Canonical has been kind enough to not include the name "Debian" on their Debian derivative's front[0] or about[1] pages. It finally shows up in the about - about [short name of the Debian derivative from Canonical] page. [2]
Compare this to Crunchbang - another Debian derivative that many Ubuntu users have fled to - their homepage includes the word Debian 6 times.[3] On their about page a link to Debian using the proper "Debian GNU/Linux" name is their first order of business.[4] I'm a Debian user and I must say much respect to Crunchbang for making the effort.
[0] - http://www.ubuntu.com/ http://www.ubuntu.com/
[1] - http://www.ubuntu.com/about/ http://www.ubuntu.com/about/
[2] - http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu
[3] - http://www.crunchbang.com http://www.crunchbang.com
[4] - http://crunchbang.org/about/ http://crunchbang.org/about/
- Flimm 13y agoThey do include Debian in their about page: http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu Futhermore, you missed the "Ubuntu and Debian" page, which is only a two links away from the home page: http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/ubuntu-and-debian http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/ubuntu-and-debian
- stolio 13y agoubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu is literally link number two above, I realize it's a bit obfuscated The point I was making is how deeply the connection to Debian is buried on the ubuntu.com site and contrasting it to Crunchbang's approach which is to give back mindshare As for your two links point, the fastest path I can find is 3: / --> /about --> /about/about-ubuntu --> about/about-ubuntu/ubuntu-and-debian 3 clicks, each link with it's own level of prominence. It's safe to say the Debian connection isn't featured for the average user. And I would imagine well over half the website is available within 3 three clicks of the homepage, I have half a mind to crawl it to find out... EDIT: I looked again and I can't find the word "Debian" at http://www.ubuntu.com/about/ http://www.ubuntu.com/about/, so either my search feature is broken or it's not there
- Flimm 13y ago> The point I was making is how deeply the connection to Debian is buried on the ubuntu.com site and contrasting it to Crunchbang's approach which is to give back mindshare I accept that point. (TBH, I shouldn't have bothered with my previous comment, because it was just pedantic). In my mind, Ubuntu is competing (or at least trying to compete) with Google, Microsoft and Apple. They can't afford to waste valuable front page space on things that would only interest people like us. I think that's perfectly understandable. They still have an Ubuntu and Debian page for those who care. If sharing credit is important to you, than by all means go with something like Crunchbang.
- davexunit 13y agoCanonical doesn't even really mention the kernel Linux or the GNU project anymore.