Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Manchester Anarchist Bookfair, 7th June 2008

[Lucy]

On 04/06/2008, MJ Ray <address@hidden> wrote:
> Lucy <address@hidden> wrote:
>  > On 04/06/2008, Simon Ward <address@hidden> wrote:
>  > > On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 07:18:16AM +0100, Lucy wrote:
>  > Yes, that's true. I tend to forget about the other distributions a
>  > bit. How about it's the most popular so most likely to get support
> > from the gnu/linux community? ;) [...]
>
>  Popular, or merely common? ;-)

Both, it's certainly very popular, which has made it more commonly
used compared to other distros, at least IME.


>  The main problem with a free software group distributing Ubuntu is
>  that not only does it include non-free software but that this isn't
>  even seen as a bug - AIUI, only applications have to be free software
>  in Ubuntu.  I know we're divided about manuals, but other programs?
>  http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/licensing

Hmm, I didn't realise that they had no specific licensing policy for
documentation/artwork. I might see if I can suggest that on brainstorm
or somewhere.


>  Surely most people who would support Ubuntu can do debian too?

Have you read the Ubuntu forums? ;)

I would say that Ubuntu support is more common, particularly on
blogs/forums, although I would expect LUGs to be able to help with
both.