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Totally "free" Ubuntu? That's the plan for Gobuntu (Linux.com)Totally "free" Ubuntu? That's the plan for Gobuntu (Linux.com)Posted Jul 12, 2007 17:43 UTC (Thu) by sjj (subscriber, #2020)Parent article: Totally "free" Ubuntu? That's the plan for Gobuntu (Linux.com)
What is the difference from Debian without non-free repos? Just branding?
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Totally "free" Ubuntu? That's the plan for Gobuntu (Linux.com) Posted Jul 12, 2007 18:11 UTC (Thu) by jbailey (subscriber, #16890) [Link] (obDisclosure: I work for Canonical, but the following is speculation based solely on the announcement)
I suspect it's our usual 6 month release cycles with 18 months of security support + similar for long-term releases.
Looking at the announcement, I think it might also still come with FDL documentation still included.
There's also little things occasionally that we do, like desktop integration, some feature development, translations from Rosetta, etc. that are likely to still be included.
Debian and Ubuntu aren't that similar on the desktop. They're closer on the server, just with the frequent releases, a promised support cycle, and the possibility of commercial support when you need it.
Totally "free" Ubuntu? That's the plan for Gobuntu (Linux.com) Posted Jul 12, 2007 18:31 UTC (Thu) by sjj (subscriber, #2020) [Link] Yeah, not saying I don't like the "little things" and the release cycle. That said, I recently installed etch on my desktop and was really positively surprised by the desktop experience, which hasn't really been Debian's strong point (my home server has been running Debian stable for the last 8 years or so). I guess part of the reason may be that $HOME dotfiles were last tweaked under Ubuntu.
Of course, these days the desktop environment is a glorified launcher for a web browser and /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator ;-)
Totally "free" Ubuntu? That's the plan for Gobuntu (Linux.com) Posted Jul 13, 2007 0:10 UTC (Fri) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625) [Link] Ubuntu also has "universe multiverse main restricted" in /etc/apt/sources.list -- so what's the difference between this and a regular Ubuntu install with "restricted" commented out?
Totally "free" Ubuntu? That's the plan for Gobuntu (Linux.com) Posted Jul 13, 2007 8:52 UTC (Fri) by debacle (subscriber, #7114) [Link] Maybe the difference is, that the infrastructure of Ubuntu/Gobuntu, launchpad, is still proprietory, while Debians (dak, debbugs etc.) is free?
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