Ubuntu giving back to Debian: facts and numbers!
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| I’ve always been annoyed by the discussions about “is Ubuntu really giving
| back to Debian?”.
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http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=271
Collaboration wins?
Open Source: A Question of Metrics
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| What interests me is that he's actually articulating something deep about the
| open source methodology: it can only be usefully applied when there is a
| metric that lets you judge objectively when things get better.
|
| That's why free software works: you take some code and improve it - making it
| faster, more compact, less buggy - or, ideally, all three. It's why
| collaborative novels and symphonies rarely work.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/01/open-source-question-of-metrics.html
Related:
Microsoft, Novell, and now Ubuntu join to boost Apple and Debian
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| I have happily used SUSE Linux in the past and currently run Ubuntu.
| I like Ubuntu, even though my friend Logan says that Ubuntu "is a
| Swahili word that means 'Too stupid to configure Debian.'"
|
| Ubuntu does everything I expect from a Linux distro, and is automatic
| (or automatix) enough that I spend hardly any time worrying about it.
| I turn on my Ubuntu computer -- a ThinkPad T43 - and "it just works."
| I am personally OK with the proprietary (mostly graphics) drivers
| included with the basic Ubuntu distribution, but I also realize that
| some people are not OK with them, and I believe those people should
| not be frozen out of a particular distro because of their software
| licensing preferences.
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http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/11/27/1633208
A Diehard SUSE User Tries Ubuntu 6.10
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| SUSE Linux and I have been together for quite a while and when
| you have something that works, you stick with it. Many readers
| are probably in the same boat.
|
| Nevertheless, curiosity got the better of me, so I figured an
| Ubuntu review from a SUSE user's perspective made sense.
|
| [...]
|
| Now I understand about all the positive buzz.
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6329/1/
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 updated
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| The Debian project is pleased to announce the fourth update of
| its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (codename 'sarge').
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http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20061106
Beautifying Debian Etch
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| These issues prompted me to redesign the entire desktop and create a
| visual environment that is pleasant to work with. Take a look at
| the screen-shot below.
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http://jozmak.blogspot.com/2007/03/beautifying-debian-etch.html
Pimp Your Kubuntu in 3 Easy Steps
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| That's it, we have managed to pimp your desktop and now, you can
| really enjoy your daily tasks. Also, these last settings will give
| you a clean and spacious kicker.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pimp-Your-Kubuntu-in-3-Easy-Steps-51468.shtml
6 Reasons Everyone Should Try Ubuntu
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| In response to some of the comments I received on a previous article, and to
| show that while I don’t use Ubuntu, I do support it, here are six reasons
| everyone should at least try Ubuntu.
|
| 1. Descendant of Debian
|
| Though not my favorite distro, there’s no denying the fact that Debian is one
| of the greats. The project was started in 1993, and has enjoyed continued
| success since then. This longevity stands as a testament to the quality of
| work that goes into the distro which spills over into each release of Ubuntu.
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http://linuxbraindump.org/2007/08/09/6-reasons-everyone-should-try-ubuntu/
75 minutes to close a bug
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| Today at 11:04am (GMT, or Greenwich Time), Debian developer Erich Schubert
| reported about a bug in Serendipity. According to his blog, it took him 10
| minutes to close it, and he reported it to the guys over at Serendipity.
|
| And at 12:09pm (GMT), another Debian developer named Thijs Kinkhorst had
| uploaded a corrected version from upstream to Debian unstable, and he already
| found out that Sarge and Etch were not affected.
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http://wolfgang.lonien.de/?p=355
Govt migrates 23 entities to open source platforms - Venezuela
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| Venezuela's government has migrated a total of 23 public institutions to open
| source platforms, the government said on its website.
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http://www.bnamericas.com/story.jsp?sector=1¬icia=411582&idioma=I
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