Ubuntu & Linspire

[Man-Chicken]

I'm sorry you feel that way, but I really do think that this is the most 
ridiculous thing I've heard in a while.  Choose your distribution as you see 
fit, but don't sit there with such arrogance to say which distribution others 
should choose.  If this news is a problem for you, then it is your problem.  
If you have a problem with ubuntu or kubuntu, perhaps you should just switch 
and quit being a stick in the mud for the rest of us.  Trolling on a mailing 
list isn't really going to change anybody's mind.

On Thursday 08 February 2007 13:19, Joe Hart wrote:
> Well, that to me is the straw that broke the camel's back.  I'm all for
> the advancement of Linux and of it gaining popularity, but I was already
> leary of the way they were heading...trying to remove the command line
> from Linux is just as bad as Windows 95 taking away DOS.
>
> Perhaps I have just grown out of the hand-holding of the community.  I
> don't want things easier because that makes them transparent.  Perhaps
> Debian itself is a better alternative.  At least that community is the
> one that is doing most of the work, and THEY know when things are
> stable.  The only downside is that they support too many different
> architectures that hold them back.  There are others...
>
> Let Ubuntu/Mepis/Linspire/Mint be for the new converts.  The real
> hackers won't run them anyway.  You want good information, you need to
> turn to Debian and since Dapper, compatibility with Debian has been
> waning.  Dapper is good, Edgy is OK, but I am afraid that Feisty will
> never make it on my computer.
>
> Do I hear Sid calling?  Perhaps Gentoo is knocking on the door...
> The beauty of Linux is to be able to choose.  I choose control over my
> computer.
>
> The beauty of Linux lies in the fact that there is a distribution for
> everyone.  I wish all of you the best of luck.
>
> Joe

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