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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Who in the hell thought it was a good idea?

Marc Shuttleworth

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have serious doubts about that due to the role of early Ubuntu in popularizing desktop Linux. For many including me, Ubuntu was the first taste of GNU/Linux and it was a breath of fresh air compared to the contemporary clumsy and cumbersome distros like Fedora. Only Ubuntu from those days has any resemblance to the experience we expect from desktop Linux today.

The problems at Canonical seems like a systemic institutional issue, probably related to egotistic management with temper issues. That of course means that Shuttleworth is the source of those personality disorders. But still...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I have serious doubts about that due to the role of early Ubuntu in popularizing desktop Linux.

Ubuntu didn't move overall Linux market share at all. It just took the "gateway drug" role from Mandrake/Mandriva.