I agree with this. No way in Hell I would set up a machine for my sister with Debian Unstable, and not one of the Ubuntu flavors are involved in the whole Unity controversy. The needs of a hacker preferring a rolling release and those of a Window refugee are nearly opposite oneanother
On 10/29/2015 at 11:44 AM, "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > >>> The reasons might help to find contributors (and to win more >users): >>> >>> - Ubuntu is the most known major distro >>> - Ubuntu has got a past and a future [1] >>> - Ubuntu follows the user-friendly approach with all it's pros >and >>> cons. For Linux beginners just the pros of the user-friendly >approach >>> counts, so it makes sense to contribute to Ubuntu, to spread >Linux. >> >> This is a great start to 3 potential posts on >http://ubuntustudio.org It >> would be awsome if you could develop these 3 points further and >post it >> here!! > >1. Ubuntu is the most known major distro >============================= >It doesn't matter what distrowatch claims, since the number one >"Mint" is neither user-friendly, nor well supported. If Mint users >need help, they send requests to the Debian or Ubuntu Mailing >list. People who know nothing about Linux have heard the Name >Ubuntu, a lot of clueless people think that Ubuntu is Linux. > >2. Ubuntu has got a past and a future >=========================== >Ubuntu isn't just a one-hit wonder. When I started using Linux, >Ubuntu wasn't released. Ubuntu is around now for 10 years, in the >meantime several multimedia distros come and go. Even the few >focused on audio only, that were based on Ubuntu/Debian and could >be used with the official Ubuntu or Debian repositories failed >after a while. Some might still exist, but could cause issues with >official repositories. > >The downside of Ubuntu's future is related to a few facts and >rumors, so I only will explain why the facts are not much >important for a user-friendly approach distro. What is considered >as Ubuntu spyware are features wanted by many clueless users. >Facts are several data sharing applications that indeed are a PITA >for some of us, but for e.g. Windows refugees those usually are >not a problem at all. > >Regarding a poll Arch and Ubuntu are the most used distros by pro- >audio users and Ubuntu Studio is a flavour that exists for several >years, sure it's not that old as Ubuntu is, but it already is >established. Perhaps CCRMA is noteworthy too, but Ubuntu still is >more known by the averaged population. > >3. Ubuntu follows the user friendly approach with all it's pros >and cons >=================================================== >The distro I prefer for me is Arch Linux. Arch is not user >friendly, but much friendlier for my computer usage. If I should >recommend a distro to averaged computer users, I wouldn't >recommend a distro that requires a deep understanding of >computers, such as Arch does. >The averaged user needs something that doesn't come with a complex >learning curve and this is what's provided by the Ubuntu policy. > >4. Why Ubuntu and not Debian, Suse or another user-friendly major >distro? >====================================================== >Ubuntu provides free as in beer space and supports so called >"flavours". Other than Debian or Ubuntu derivatives, a flavour is >an official part of Ubuntu, this rules out the well known issues >caused by derivatives. > >Regards, >Ralf >-- >ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list >ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
