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Canonical Moving Away From GNOME Control Center

Posted by Soulskill on from the if-you-want-something-done-right dept.

jones_supa writes "This announcement comes from the ubuntu-desktop mailing list. Due to GNOME Control Center already being a heavily patched version in Ubuntu, Canonical is planning to found their own fork called Unity Control Center. This would be a fork with a limited lifespan and later on they would move to something called Ubuntu System Settings, an in-house project. For now, a PPA has been set up to test the new fork."

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  1. Re:NIH by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Informative

    This NIH syndrome they've developed will ultimately be the end of Canonical.

    For me, their desire to monetize our searches and undermine our privacy is what is marking the end of Canonical.

    Now I just need to find a suitable replacement, because every time I hear about Canonical these days I like them even less.

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  2. Re:NIH by umafuckit · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's weird how a project that consists of repackaging everything Debian has developed such a NIH problem.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_invented_here Because I didn't know what it meant.

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  3. Re:NIH by mrchaotica · · Score: 3, Informative

    Linux Mint, if you want a distribution geared towards the same kind of modernity and ease of use that made Ubuntu so popular to begin with.

    Or Debian, if you want to pick a distribution whose organization is least likely to fuck it up or sell out.

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  4. Re:NIH by KiloByte · · Score: 1, Informative

    Considering that components of Gnome demand to replace even the init system with a NIH unmaintenable un-reasonably-modifiable monstrosity, Ubuntu distancing itself from Gnome is not a NIH syndrome, it's basic sanity.

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  5. Re:NIH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apparently you're not a mother. Proper nipple use is taught. If they're being too rough you don't leave them there. Reenforcement learning from the start. Babies naturally try to put everything in their mouth and we naturally hold babies near our nipples. Things work out, the baby feels better, so things continue to improve.

  6. Re:NIH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    That's a lie. All their code is GPL'd, and anyone who wants to package it for their distribution can do so and have done so in the past.