Oh, please, please, COME ON Ubuntu development people!

[chris]

On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 17:16 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 21 April 2011 17:04, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Liam Proven wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, Sounder /was/ the place - but since it's gone now, there is a
> >> new, non-Ubuntu Sounder list. It's here:
> >> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 3:54 AM, John McCabe-Dansted
> >> http://groups.google.com/group/bikeshed
> >>
> >> Do please come and join us there!
> >>
> >
> > I've seen many references to Sounder but never went there. What exactly was
> > Sounder and why was it shutdown?
> 
> Ubuntu Sounder was the place for non-support-related discussion about
> Ubuntu and Linux in general.
> 
> After a recent thread expressing dissatisfaction with the forthcoming
> Unity desktop GUI, I suggested that Linux Mint might be a suitable
> alternative for those who did not want Unity but liked Ubuntu and
> classic Gnome.
> 
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It seemed to me that it was a quite constructive criticism of unity that
triggered the decision to close sounder.

I suspect the political discussion that followed that criticism may have
been used as an excuse.

Just a personal opinion.
ct
> The new sounder list, the Bikeshed, is free and open for all, and we
> welcome anyone who would like to come and discuss Ubuntu, Linux and
> anything arising therefrom.
> 
>