I can see what Canonical are trying to do. But at this point in time their main flavoured desktop runs like a piece of crap. The six-month release cycle really isn't helping them much at all. Glad I changed distros when I did.
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Originally posted by phoronix View PostPhoronix: Ubuntu Tries To Attract New Developers
Through improving the publicly available Ubuntu Linux documentation and reaching out to new developers -- along with existing Windows developers that may now be thinking of targeting Ubuntu as their next supported platform -- the Linux OS hopes to increase its developer and application count...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTIyMTA
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Originally posted by DanL View PostFalse. They contribute packaging fixes back to Debian. David Henningsson contribute a lot to the audio stack since Ubuntu has a large sample size and every HDA device needs its own hacks. I could go on, but I'm not going to waste more time on this "they don't contribute upstream" idea, since you'll probably just keep repeating it anyway.
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Originally posted by Yorgos View Postmy comment: Debian is the biggest distro out there but they don't get much credit as long as people know only its derivatives like ubuntu and mint. Is this bad, prolly because if they ask for funds(sources like E.U. or U.S.) they might get a reply "you know, you are not that famous, we will give you less than last year". if the host dies then the leech will go find blood from someone else.
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Originally posted by RealNC View Post"Ubuntu Tries To Attract New Developers"
And yet they don't contribute upstream.
As someone said earlier: Red Hat is certainly contributing more code (now), and Canonical could maybe do more contributing code (and making it easier for others to contribute to their code...), but that doesn't mean Canonical doesn't contribute anything at all.Last edited by JanC; 08 November 2012, 07:24 PM.
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Originally posted by Larian View PostYes. Yes they have. Just because they don't commit as much as Red Hat doesn't mean they're not contributing. If nothing else, look at what they've done to popularize Linux on the desktop. If that's not a contribution, I don't understand English.
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Originally posted by Akka View PostDo it exist stats on this? I don't get the impression Desktop Linux has a bigger market share than ten years ago?
That's the best I can do on short notice. I don't have any numbers to offer.
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Originally posted by Larian View Posthttp://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-sourc...ibutions/10726
That's the best I can do on short notice. I don't have any numbers to offer.
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