Hi Parin > Sorry Rohan but these days Ubuntu is a different story, especially for > the past few years, the project is going a different way. > > IMHO, in a quest to replace Windows it has gone the Windows way by > introducing malicious features like Spyware[1] in it. >
Whoa, let me just stop you right there for a moment. Ubuntu is the name of the whole project but also the name of some products/flavors . So this is clearly aimed towards a particular flavor. Just wanted to clarify that before proceeding. > So personally I don't use it or recommend it to anyone, moreover for me > Debian Release party was more of community event, to celebrate the > release of a universal GNU/Linux OS which has been there for a long > time, almost 20 years, with most of things taken care by volunteers > while Ubuntu is more of the Canonical thing now. So IMHO I don't think > we can have a release party together, for them. > I strongly disagree with the statement that Ubuntu is merely `a Canonical thing now`. There are various flavors of Ubuntu like Kubuntu / Xubuntu / Lubuntu which have a strong community side attached to it. I find it offensive that you chastise the entire community for the actions of a company that is just one aspect of the whole Ubuntu ecosystem. Not taking sides, but Canonical provides alot of tools, infrastructure and manpower that allows all these flavors to come to fruition. Not to mention that alot of foundations work done in Ubuntu finds its way back into Debian. > Don't want to start a Debian v/s Ubuntu debate, here because IMHO they > are incomparable, with the kind of purposes for which they are developed. > Neither do I, everyone is entitled to their opinions, however, it seems to me you have a very limited view of what Ubuntu is. Now that I've (hopefully) widened your view a bit, would you still be open to the idea of having a Ubuntu + Debian release party? I strongly believe that both Ubuntu and Debian need each other in order to survive and that there should be more friendly relationships between the two. > [1]http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do > > -- > Parin > https://identi.ca/FRDManiac > https://joindiaspora.com/u/frdmaniac _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
