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Ask Slashdot: Are We Witnessing the Decline of Ubuntu?

Posted by Soulskill on from the too-many-people-running-visigoth-linux dept.

jammag writes "'When the history of free software is written, I am increasingly convinced that this last year will be noted as the start of the decline of Ubuntu,' opines Linux pundit Bruce Byfield. After great initial success, Ubuntu and Canonical began to isolate themselves from the mainstream of the free software community. Canonical, he says, has tried to control the open source community, and the company has floundered in many of its initiatives. Really, the mighty Ubuntu, in decline?"

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  1. Target demographic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Ubuntu is Debian for niggers. That's not trolling, that's just being blunt. It was designed by a company created by a South African and distributed with an African language name and shit-brown wallpaper. It was designed for African markets, not the world. The fact it became so popular worldwide is a fluke and now that popularity is waning because people are finally starting to realize who Ubuntu was made for.