Re: Linux on the desktop - it's come a long way, but is it there yet?

["Daniel Feenberg" <user=12@nabble.blu.org>]

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Mark J. Dulcey wrote: 

> Jarod Wilson wrote: 
>> 
>> Ubuntu is unusual in other ways too. 
>> 
>> http://cycle-gap.blogspot.com/2008/07/linux-kernel-development-stats-from.html
>> 
>> Note the part towards the end where Greg KH mentions Canonical's 
>> contributions to the kernel. 
> 

Even if they never contribute code, if they bring in users, that helps us 
all, because in the end it is more users that will bring better vendor 
support. 

Hardware support from vendors would be really great for lots of users. For 
myself, I don't mind putting a supported PCI ethernet or Video card on a 
server motherboard that isn't fully supported by Linux (or FreeBSD) but 
many users do. (I have never run into a motherboard whose basic functions 
weren't supported). 

Daniel Feenberg 


> I'd have to see whether Canonical is contributing to other open-source 
> projects before reaching the conclusion that Greg reaches. It's possible that 
> they are more active in non-kernel projects. Kernel development isn't the 
> only way to participate in Linux. It's not really surprising that a 
> distribution where the major focus is UI polish and smoothness would not be 
> heavily focused on kernel work. 
> 
> It's also possible that they send their contributions upstream to Debian 
> rather than directly to the kernel developers, thus their work is attributed 
> to Debian developers rather than to Canonical. 
> 
> All that said, it's possible that Canonical really isn't being a good 
> community player. But I think that the jury is still out. 
> 
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