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Shuttleworth: There’s More to Linux Development Than Kernel Hacks

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Matt Asay
Nov 11, 2008

“Canonical CEO and Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth highlights
this “secondary” development in an Ubuntu Open Week interview,
reported by Ars Technica. Arguing that “Ubuntu and Canonical are
making a very big difference in free software, and that has little
to do with how many patches in the kernel have an @canonical.com
e-mail address associated with them,” Shuttleworth points out two
key areas in which his Canonical team is improving the Linux
experience:”

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