[clue] Future directions for Ubuntu Studio

[daryl kuchay]

This made an interesting read. Linked blogs too. May explain some of the new
features in Ubuntu 11.04. Unity.
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/12/2329233/The-Full-Story-Behind-the-Canonical-vs-GNOME-Drama

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Lorin Ricker <Lorin at rickernet.us> wrote:

> Hmmm... On further reflection/consideration of your remarks, David, I
> concede your points.  Mine were/are based only upon the frustration of
> seeing things-that-used-to-work break on new releases (this *never*
> happened with VMS!) ;-)
>
> And perhaps I don't (yet) understand the implicit linkage between
> Canonical's X.xx releases and the package distro/repositories -- Can't
> applications be upgraded without being so closely tied to the Ubuntu
> release?
>
> On 06/06/2011 05:16 PM, David L. Willson wrote:
> > My opinion would be "Hell, no! Canonical/Ubuntu should not slow
> > down."
> >
> > We ~have~ Ubuntu LTS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and it's many, many
> > derivatives, and real Debian for mature and stable.
> >
> > Interim releases, in Ubuntu, Fedora, and OpenSUSE, are ~supposed~ to
> > be about trying out new things and seeing what happens!
> >
> > I don't personally like Unity, either, but that's not relevant, I
> > think. Interim releases are about trying new things, stretching into
> > new functional areas, and doing what's never been done before.
> >
> > That feature-stretching/testing/exploring ~should~ be done in Fedora
> > 15 (GNOME 3.0) and Ubuntu 11.04 (Unity), or else where would it be?
> >
> > <...>
> >> Maybe Canonical should consider slowing down!?... -- Lorin
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