On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 16:29 +0800, Allan E. Registos wrote: > > > > >From: "LinuxBSDos.com" <fi...@linuxbsdos.com> > > > >How many of those distros that are not based on Ubuntu can you name? > > > >Remember that we are talking about using sudo instead of the root account > >system, not just having sudo installed as an application. > > > >List as many as you can and I'll still be able to prove that "most of the > >distros using sudo are derived from Ubuntu" is a statement of fact. > > > > > As per *distro* I mean not derived from Ubuntu *confusion*. It is quite > normal that Ubuntu derivatives like Linux Mint will not change the default > security of Ubuntu, for improving the usability of Ubuntu is their common > goal. And that other *distros* like Redhat derivatives and others are not > using sudo the way Ubuntu does. It is not that these distros imitated > Ubuntu's sudo, which is quite untrue, they did not change it. I cannot find > any reason to call Ubuntu derivatives as *distros* that were using sudo the > way Ubuntu does, and then post it here, for it is obvious, those derivatives > did not change the default sudo implementation of Ubuntu, so what's the > point? > > > The statement of fact here is that some of us are annoyed of the most popular > Linux distro at distrowatch, I don't know why, for despite of its > shortcomings, it is useful in the desktop, am not using it on server. So to > make OI good on the desktop is for you to start porting those popular > applications in Linux rather than whining and FUD'ng against Ubuntu aside > from your OI admin tasks.
The presumption that something is the best based on distrowatch listing is a fallacy. Ubuntu has buzz, and it's intended as seamless as possible transition for Winblows users. Hence, lot's of said users are hearing about it and downloading for a test drive. I think OI, and indeed, all OS platform should place a higher premium on values such as reliability, robustness, security, performant, etc. rather than the number of downloads by relatively low tech users. Unless your hidden FOSS agenda is to create a revenue stream by providing support contracts to said lower tech users. -- Ken Gunderson <kgund...@teamcool.net> _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
