Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: LTS isn't LT enough for me these days

This is total FUD.

Ubuntu has the financial backing of Mark Shuttleworth and it is making
money. He is committed to the project and has the money to stay long term
and the drive to take Ubuntu places. It is not making much but it is
beginning to be profitable. Secondly, Ubuntu is more diversified than any
other distribution. It does more than just the desktop. It is into mobile,
TV, servers and the cloud. Wikipedia runs on Ubuntu. Distrowatch numbers
are wrong. Ubuntu is strong. Figures from Wikimedia based on actual usage
show that Ubuntu is fairly consistent and has a large lead over anybody
else, including Mint which is a small player.

LTS has been extended from three to five years for desktops. Ubuntu cut
financial backing for one Kubuntu developer. That was their total
commitment. Kubuntu has always had minority support from Canonical. It was
led by KDE and has been for years. You are reading far too much into a
simple decision to focus on Ubuntu and make Kubuntu the same as Xubuntu and
the others.

People enjoy spreading FUD about Ubuntu. I am not defending Ubuntu which I
do not use (Kubuntu user), but am trying to keep it real instead of looking
for things that are not there and spreading them as truths to cause fear,
uncertainty and doubt. FUD serves no purpose. It divides where there is no
division and weakens all of Linux and not just Ubuntu.

Roy

Using Kubuntu 11.10, 64-bit
Location: Canada

On 9 March 2012 21:57, Paul <pfrederick1@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "G.LinuxDucks" <g.linuxducks@...>
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> > <<<10.04 is the LTS version right? >>>
> > Yes it is. The next Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Suport) is 12.04 due April, I
> > believe. It will be supported for five years this time is reported.
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> If Ubuntu is even around 5 years from now. The history of Linux is full of
> here today gone tomorrow distribution stories. After what I just saw happen
> to Kubuntu I'd have to say the fate of Ubuntu as a whole is even more
> precarious than that of some other amateur maintained distributions.
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> It's a jungle, not always a kind one either. There is an excellent chance
> I'll still be running Linux 5 years from now, what distribution though I've
> honestly no idea. I'm souring somewhat of what I am running today in fact.
> I think I want to get back to a simpler setup that allows me finer grained
> control than deb based systems seem to provide easily.
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> I am finding my setups are much more static today than they were in the
> past so maybe package management isn't nearly as important for me as it
> used to be? If this is the case it would be a paradigm shift from my
> earlier philosophy that would greatly impact my distribution choice.
>
> I have to be honest lately I've been finding updates more annoying than
> anything else. New useful software isn't even coming out at a pace that
> makes complicated package management worthwhile for me to deal with either.
> What I'm saying is once I've a system laid up how I like it I prefer it to
> stay as is.
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> Really, if I wanted to be forced to change my OS every 5 years I'd run
> Windows :)
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