Comments on The tech and other cents: Commercial Ubuntu

It's tragic that people see Canonical's inclinatio...

2008-02-18T05:46:26.459-08:00

It's tragic that people see Canonical's inclination towards freedom (as in the freedom to choose) as a bad thing. Proprietary software is not as pernicious as some people make out. It represents an alternative model for software development, and shouldn't be resisted on principle.

Free software junkies can use Gobuntu. Personally, I prefer having the right to choose. The lack of key apps like Adobe Photoshop (GIMP is not good enough, and may never be) prevents me from using Linux full time.

One must not pander to absolutists, to do so will only discourage software vendors, even if they are willing to contribute to the GNU/Linux platform.

When we turn away developers, who benefits?

A little idea I've had on the issue: Hardy Heron E...

2008-02-17T23:22:19.666-08:00

A little idea I've had on the issue:
Hardy Heron Expectations, Ideas?

to cut it short, I want every online store that sells software to be able to post a link that starts a standard procedure of payment, download, and installation, without the user having to deal with product keys, license keys, etc.

it will also provide a built-in scheme that strongly discourages sharing licenses, but without any actual enforcement. (this part I haven't perfected).

I think my scheme (after some work to perfect it) would encourage companies to port or develop commercial software for Ubuntu.

Murrquan - yes, but this is not the same case.Red ...

2008-02-17T20:54:18.783-08:00

Murrquan - yes, but this is not the same case.

Red Hat is not free (as in beer) distribution. It is built on open source and free (as in speech and beer) infrastructure.

Ubuntu is totally free in both meanings and will always remain as such. It will just have some optional commercial program distribution mechanisms. They will not affect the Ubuntu you know.

Red Hat opened up the proprietary parts of Fedora,...

2008-02-17T20:36:42.669-08:00

Red Hat opened up the proprietary parts of Fedora, actually, IIRC. Either that or Fedora removed them. Fedora is a totally free distro.

I'd download Runtime Revolution from the repositor...

2008-02-17T16:53:51.984-08:00

I'd download Runtime Revolution from the repository, as the Linux version would have been configured to run well on Ubuntu.

Since there is no other program anything like as easy as this one for non programmers, there is not much chance of an Open Source version, except maybe if SUN finds out about it.

I actually use it to GUIfy shell scripts or use it in conjunction with the shell as I know how to make the things happen in that space I want in my applications, and can just use the basics of RunRev.

Thomaidis: you shall not be afraid - Ubuntu has be...

2008-02-16T21:57:50.287-08:00

Thomaidis: you shall not be afraid - Ubuntu has been declared to always remain available free of charge.

The fact that commercial repositories may stick around doesn't mean you'll have to pay for anything.

I think that the future of linux is the Debian/Lin...

2008-02-16T18:49:20.038-08:00

I think that the future of linux is the Debian/Linux. Debian needs something more and that's all.
I'm afraid: Is Ubuntu a trap of Canonical for linux users? Is it a step before the commercial ubuntu - let's say mandribuntu?
I use ubuntu but I keep my eyes close to Debian?Linux.

# Anonymous, that's not an accurate answer.Ubuntu ...

2008-02-15T07:26:43.256-08:00

# Anonymous, that's not an accurate answer.

Ubuntu is a product from a company called Canonical.

That company is full committed with free software --in first place-- AND wants to earn money.

Where is the problem?

To over simplyfy the answer:Ubuntu is a company an...

2008-02-15T06:15:39.007-08:00

To over simplyfy the answer:

Ubuntu is a company and its final objective is to earn money from its investment, period.

The so call free thingy comes from Debian.