Raymond Knocks Fedora, Switches to Ubuntu 608
narramissic writes "After 13 years as a loyal Red Hat user, Eric Raymond, co-founder of the Open Source Initiative, is switching to the Ubuntu distribution. In a message distributed to Linux mailing lists and news organizations, Raymond cited technical issues with Red Hat, such as the way repositories are maintained, the submission process and 'stagnant' development of Red Hat's packaging technology, as well as governance problems, the failure to gain desktop market share and the failure to include proprietary media formats. 'Over the last five years, I've watched Red Hat/Fedora throw away what was at one time a near-unassailable lead in technical prowess, market share and community prestige,' Raymond wrote. 'The blunders have been legion on both technical and political levels.'"
Re:This just in... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Didn't realise this was ESR (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, you just pointed out what I would have imagined. Two people who despise each other at some stupid public social function pretending that they are all honky dory while one is ready to take a clue from a co-worker and throw a chair and the other wants to give a wedgie.
And Alan Cox just told Eric Raymond to go and die.
Can you imagine Alan Cox looking clean cut and impressive at an interview instead of looking very much like the GNU logo? Yeah, neither can I.
News (Score:4, Funny)
Why I care about ESR's preferred distribution (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Fedora Responds (Score:1, Funny)
I think I speak for all normal human beings when I say, what the fuck?
That's exactly the kind of shit ESR is talking about
Re: Ubuntu Logo? (Score:5, Funny)
No wonder people are switching...
Re:s/Fedors/ESR/ (Score:3, Funny)
Umm... I think by definition that actually would make his arguments less valid.
Re:Why make a stink? (Score:1, Funny)
True: Gnome is a POS because it has all the features and functionality of Windows 3.0 eighteen years later, and a fervent desire to continue limiting what the user can do.
Re:Fedora Responds (Score:5, Funny)
Know what I like about you, Martin? We can never tell what you're really thinking. You bear the inscrutability of the Orient, the stolid face of The Gambler. Very few will ever discern your true feelings from the subtle hints you leave behind.
Re:Human forking (Score:3, Funny)
well you just stuffed that one up...
Re:ESR is Childish and Unprofessional (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Oh gawd no (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Proprietary formats? (Score:3, Funny)
Cool! Got a torrent?
Re:Fedora Responds (Score:3, Funny)
Using a Windows computer?
Just a guess...
Disappointed (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Fedora Responds (Score:3, Funny)
Well, actually, that would be kinda cool, seeing as Miss Hilton is the epitome of mainstream. The only thing that would make it even cooler is if she managed to pull off a Gentoo stage 1 install (I know, this isn't recommended anymore) without any help, and then saying that it was easier to do than setting up her old Windows computer. Just think of the positive mindshare that not only the Gentoo project, but desktop Linux and free and open source software would get if such a thing happened.
ESR, on the other hand, isn't that newsworthy anymore, even if I have to agree with him on the state of RPM, which has had major problems for years now (longer than I've been using Linux) that haven't been fixed.
Re:Fedora Responds (Score:4, Funny)
If I was, it would be "Bandwidth is sheep".
Re:Fedora Responds (Score:2, Funny)
Re: Ubuntu Logo? (Score:3, Funny)
Now I have to clear my browser cache and hack into our corportate internet usage survailance system... again.
maybe it's time for a Linux distro (Score:3, Funny)