On 12/08/2012 01:08 PM, Shadow wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Dec 2012 17:29:47 +0000, ~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org>
> wrote:
>
>> One of the major advantages of free software is that the community
>> protects users from malicious software. Now Ubuntu GNU/Linux has become
>> a counterexample. What should we do?
>>
>
>> If you ever recommend or redistribute GNU/Linux, please remove Ubuntu
>> from the distros you recommend or redistribute.
>
> That's about all we can do. Just say Ubuntu is for dimwits and
> real people install Debian.
>
> (I still have Ubuntu 10.04 LTS installed(amongst others).
> After that release, Ubuntu became a non-option).

Yea, I'm biding my time. I have 12.04 LTS. I figure all of this will
come out in the wash well before April, 2017.

Fwiw, I don't buy that Canonical has gone to the dark side. They are
making some mistakes right now but, so what?

The world needs both its Stallmans and Shuttleworths.

--
-Craig