Tectonic: Dapper Delay Looks Likely After Online Meeting | Linux Today

Tectonic: Dapper Delay Looks Likely After Online Meeting

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 16, 2006

“Developers, users and interested parties met online last night
to discuss Ubuntu Dapper Drake’s possible six-week delay, proposed
by Mark Shuttleworth last week. The large group had mixed feelings,
but on the whole seemed to be in agreement with
Shuttleworth–rather delay for a ‘polished’ product.

“To date, Ubuntu has stuck to a rigid six-month cycle in line
with the release of Gnome, which has proved to be a big attraction
for home users who get a major technology upgrade twice a year, but
in a pretty stable distribution…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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