Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > Word Wizard wrote: > >> Ubuntu going astray >> >> Getting rid of Gnome's custom login screen and sound customizing apps? >> Why? They seem like basic features of an OS trying to attract desktop >> users from the Windows world. >> > Here is a little different slant on that. > I don't care to attract a bunch of Windows users. For a lot of computer > users to use Linux, it would have to be dumbed down to gui use only and > applications reduced to something even smaller than Ubuntu. > Ubuntu's mission statement is embodied in bug #1 in their Bugzilla: "Microsoft Windows has too much market share". I hope they stick to that attitude. There are plenty of "Linux Wonk" distros out there -- I like Ubuntu's "Linux with (removable) training wheels" approach, and since I intend to remain a guy who works _with_ computers, rather than a guy who works _on_ computers I want Ubuntu to stay true to that philosophy.
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