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Ubuntu Continues to Grab Market Share
slasher writes "MadPenguin.org discusses the future of Ubuntu and confirms Ubuntu's growing market share in the Linux market. Author Matt Hartley writes, "Now, for the biggest question: do high numbers mean that Ubuntu is the best distribution out there? Some will argue that this is an impossible point to make, as each person has different needs from their distribution. But for the sake of this article, we will be considering the average user, not the Slackware crowd, who is obviously much more comfortable within a command line environment than mainstream users."
0.0001% to 0.0002%. Woohoo!
The difference between Canonical and the Debian giant it stands on is Mark is flushing money down the drain promoting his distro. That includes a healthy PR budget, government sales people and the corruption taxes that Canonical pays to land contracts and distribution deals like Dell.
What happens when Mark gets tired of sinking money into the project? Right now it's not going to happen because mark understands it's a money sucking blood bath getting to that #1 distro slot. But what happens when the honeymoon is over?
I completely agree with another post that claims that the Canonical distros are nothing special. As a 24-7 sysadmin that likes getting sleep on a regular basis, I'll never move a ubuntu distro into production.
http://www.maxineudall.com/2010/02/should-economists-be-sued-for-malpractice.html
Why is there more than one linux distribution in the first place?
This is one of the most confusing things to new users. If they want to buy Windows, they go to the store and buy Windows. It isn't available from 17 different companies; only Microsoft sells Windows. There are a few versions (home, professional, etc) but the installation/upgrade user experience is common across all of them.
Imagine if all of the programmer time and effort that goes towards packaging and installation programs for the various Linux distributions was spent on something important, like fixing bugs.....
Mandriva: Open a console, and type in "urpmi --auto-select"
Ubuntu: A little thing in the system tray flashes at you when it needs updating.
New user's verdict goes to: Ubuntu
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