It's my Linux. I will distribute it how I want to. | Linux Today

It’s my Linux. I will distribute it how I want to.

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 28, 2010

[ Thanks to Locutus
for this link. ]

“There is currently floating around the intranut tubes
a bit of outrage at the audacity of Canonical shafting Gnome and
using it’s own home grown Unity. Wake up people. This is the Open
Source philosophy at work here.

“So what if Ubuntu does not have the user interface you want.
You don’t have to use it. You can change it. You can do anything
you want with it. You can even release your own distribution based
on Ubuntu with your changes. Waaaiiit a minute….hasn’t that
already happened? Something Minty I believe?

“If this Unity is more popular than Gnome then it will succeed.
If not, well…”


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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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