On 5/1/07, Joshua Zeidner wrote: > > > > On 5/1/07, Fritz wrote: > > > > Does anyone have any idea why Canonical makes separate > > distributions for Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, etc.? > > > > Canonical does make them, > sorry thats a typo: should read 'doesn't' . it sponsors them. Ubuntu is ultimately community driven, Canonical just > picks up corporate support contracts and manages financial/technical > problems for large firms( amongst other things ). You could, finances > permitting, start your own Ubuntu support company with no less privilege > than Canonical (good luck finding as good people). Do not confuse the > Canonical model with the Red Hat model, these two companies work very > differently- I doubt you will find something comparable to RHEL. Many > Ubuntu people are not associated with Canonical at all. I believe Dell just > made a major deal with Canonical... > > "An easy-to-use distribution for novices should not be cluttered with > too > many choices." > > I think Jeremy is on point here... the idea is to have an easy install > where the stack is preconfigured. Ubuntu is a really exciting idea because > it has the potential to get groups using Linux who did not have access to it > before. > > -jmz > > > > > For example, I seem to recall other distributions that let you pick one or > > > > both of Gnome and KDE at install time. Later, depending > > on whether your ".xinitrc" is set to "gnome-session" or > > "startkde", one of the two desktops is activated when X starts up. > > > > Is there some real (technical) reason these are separate > > distributions? > > > > Fritz > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > -- > .0000. communication. > .0001. development. > .0010. strategy. > .0100. appeal. > > JOSHUA M. ZEIDNER > IT Consultant > > ( 602 ) 490 8006 > jjzeidner@gmail.com --