[Discuss] I Hate Ubuntu

[Eric Chadbourne]

FWIW

"...Canonical, creator of Ubuntu, isn't even cited once in the Linux Foundation's report as [a significant source of patches](https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/?qt=author&q=@canonical.com). This actually isn't news to those who have followed Canonical for some time..."

https://www.infoworld.com/article/2610207/open-source-software/who-writes-linux--corporations--more-than-ever.html

Eric

On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 2:09 PM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 12, 2018, 11:46 Eric Chadbourne <sillystring at protonmail.com> wrote:
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>> Ubuntu doesn’t or at least didn’t contribute upstream in funds or or code.
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> Regarding code, I do not believe that to be literally true. Hoarding patches for internal use is foolish at best, and a GPL violation if distributed.
> (They have been 'guilty' of not releasing all their new code - e.g. open-core with proprietary value-adds - but everyone does that, and it's not 'upstream' if they invented it, it's just releasing. If they invent and release something, and Debian adopts it, then they are the upstream to Debian for that.)
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> Regarding funds, has Ubuntu ever achieved profitability? (If so how and when?) If not so, why would anyone expect them to send Mark's money elsewhere?
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>> I too have been FreeBSD curious.
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> *BSD is great for servers. As a "former" Security type, I respect OpenBSD's commitment to security out of the Box. A recent client had a mix of Centos and *BSD servers, worked fine. I might have notes to remind me whether it was FreeBSD or OpenBSD.
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> What I'm curious about is which *BSD has good APCI support? I do want my laptop to act like a laptop. One advantage of Commercial distros - Ubuntu and RedHat - is they test new big brand laptops early. (OTOH I really prefer older Lenovos now, so maybe that matters less for me now?) Or should I give up and embrace Darwin/BSD (aka MacOSX) for the laptop?
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