[clug] Has Ubuntu resulted in a decline of Linux distribution innovation

[Karun Dambiec]

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:35 +1000, "Ric de France" <rdefrance at gmail.com>
wrote:

> > I think that Ubuntu markets themselves very well, but I don't think it's at
> the detriment of any other Linux distribution. Each distribution caters
> for
> a particular need. I run Ubuntu at work, but prefer to use Gentoo at
> home.
> And if it wasn't for Gentoo, I wouldn't have the job I have...
> 

Yes it does have good marketing, also quite a lot of it by word of
mouth.
However that means that for newcomers to linux, the chance of them
considering other distributions is less.



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  Karun Dambiec
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