Ubuntu Linux and GNOME: The Disputes conti

[Basil Chupin-2]

Linux is the supercomputer operating system of choice; thanks to Android, Linux is becoming the most popular smartphone operating system of them all;and Linux continues to make gains in the server market. But, when it comes to the desktop, no matter how you measure it, Linux has never how more than a tiny share of the desktop market. Why? Well, I can give you lots of reasons, but one that Mark Shuttleworth founder of Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, has pointed out that there’s a lot of disorganization and disorder in Linux desktop developer circles.

The specific problem that started the current discussions roiling the Linux desktop waters was explored by Dave Neary, a member and former director of the GNOME, in a commentary on how Canonical and Ubuntu people claimed that “We offered our help to GNOME, and they didn’t want it.”

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[Christopher Chan-9]

I like this comment from a certain Doug Reed:

"Gnome didn’t used to work.
KDE used to work. They broke it.
Gnome fixed it.
Now Gnome wants to kill the Max/Min buttons and break it again."

Minus the KDE line. The Kubuntu team chose to make a release based on
alpha software. The KDE team was against the inclusion of KDE 4.0/4.1 in
any distro.


On Tuesday, March 15, 2011 08:00 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:

>   Linux is the supercomputer operating system of choice
> <http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/661>; thanks to Android, Linux
> is becoming the most popular smartphone operating system
> <http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/android-to-control-half-of-smartphone-market-say-analysts/38881>
> of them all;and Linux continues to make gains in the server market
> <http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/idc-dollarwise-windows-still-leads-the-server-market/8825>.
> But, when it comes to the desktop, no matter how you measure it, Linux
> has never how more than a tiny share of the desktop market
> <http://practical-tech.com/uncategorized/is-the-linux-desktop-dream-dead/3186>.
> Why? Well, I can give you lots of reasons, but one that Mark
> Shuttleworth founder of Canonical <http://www.canonical.com>, the
> company behind the popular Ubuntu <http://www.ubuntu.com> Linux
> distribution, has pointed out that there’s a lot of disorganization and
> disorder in Linux desktop developer circles.
>
> The specific problem that started the current discussions roiling the
> Linux desktop waters was explored by Dave Neary, a member and former
> director of the GNOME <http://www.gnome.org/>, in a commentary on how
> Canonical and Ubuntu people claimed that “We offered our help to GNOME,
> and they didn’t want it.
> <http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2011/03/07/has-gnome-rejected-canonical-help>”
>
> [More]
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-linux-and-gnome-the-disputes-continue/8469
>
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> "Aaah....another pointless day when I've achieved nothing."
>                    Bender, Futurama.
>

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On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Basil Chupin <[hidden email]> wrote:

Linux is the supercomputer operating system of choice; thanks to Android, Linux is becoming the most popular smartphone operating system of them all;and Linux continues to make gains in the server market. But, when it comes to the desktop, no matter how you measure it, Linux has never how more than a tiny share of the desktop market. Why? Well, I can give you lots of reasons, but one that Mark Shuttleworth founder of Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, has pointed out that there’s a lot of disorganization and disorder in Linux desktop developer circles.

The specific problem that started the current discussions roiling the Linux desktop waters was explored by Dave Neary, a member and former director of the GNOME, in a commentary on how Canonical and Ubuntu people claimed that “We offered our help to GNOME, and they didn’t want it.”

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http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-linux-and-gnome-the-disputes-continue/8469

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Hello everyone,
That ZDNet article has a link to this article.  It´s a fascinating read.
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