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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. Not just ubuntu, all of Linux is in decline by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Between Windows 8.1, which is revolutionary, and OS X there is simply no room left for Linux any more. I used to know half a dozen people who used Linux and now ALL of them have switched to something better. People are tired of recompiling kernels, looking at crappy fonts, having NO drivers for common hardware, and all the general stupidity and uselessness of Linux. And I haven't even begun with the security, performance and privacy flaws inherent to ALL open source software!