LWN: Comments on "Ubuntu: A Universal Bond of Sharing"

Fast... Slow... Seems the same to me

X-Nc — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 23:03:43 +0000

> Bruce Perens of UserLinux has already indicated his readiness
> to meet with Mark Shuttleworth later this year and discuss
> issues of mutual interest. This would certainly benefit UserLinux,
> the development of which has been moving forward at a remarkably
> slow pace.

I would say that it is moving as a rather unexpectedly quick pace. UL is, as I have commented before, most likely a waste of effort and manpower. The idea isn't bad but Progeny, Linspire and now Ubuntu are more likely to actually come up with something real and sustainable. Bruce is a good guy and all but he's (in)famous for starting projects then having them grind to a halt as he starts new ones.

But this is relatively off-topic. Ubuntu Linux could be a great boon for the open source world and Linux. Bruce would be good to fold UL into it, IMNSHO.

Ubuntu: preview ok so far

twiens — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:22:24 +0000

My frustration with Debian has always been that it was either out of date or broken. Ubuntu seems like a good alternative that still feeds back to what is a good project. I installed Sarge a while back and have been ok with it, but when I saw the Ubuntu notice on LWN, I decided to install it and give it a spin. I have Ubuntu setup to share my /home directory with Sarge. So far I'm quite pleased with it. The install was easy and the best thing is that it was only one disk. Multiple CD installs just don't make sense in the age of modern packaging tools that make upgrading and adding packages so easy if you have a decent connection.

Some of the packages I use weren't available, but it isn't that difficult to install from source, so I think I'll be working with Ubuntu for a while.

Ubuntu: A Universal Bond of Sharing

corbet — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:09:11 +0000

All those Daves look the same anyway, right? :)

Mistake fixed, sorry for any confusion.

Ubuntu: A Universal Bond of Sharing

dswegen — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:17:35 +0000

Small correction: The Dave Miller hired by Canonical is not the Dave Miller of linux kernel fame. The Dave Miller hired by Canonical is in fact the Bugzilla lead developer. Which proves that the name "Dave Miller" has far too much talent assigned to it.

UserLinux slow?

davidw — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:12:23 +0000

UserLinux will release when Debian does. The idea is to stay very tightly linked to Debian, while providing a more focused, business oriented set of packages that are easier for corporations, consultants and developers to deal with than the huge variety in Debian. That, and some branding. It seems to me that most of those things are in place for a release shortly after the release of Debian.