linuxhaxor.net — Every time there is a new Linux distro that is making a lot of noise in the Linux community, it is just waiting to be forked by someone. Ubuntu - being the most widely used Linux distribution - is also not immune to the clone/forks attacks.
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balaknairNov 19, 2008
@wolferzI have to say I agree with mstrebe .Though you make some valid points, one has to wonder whether the the benefits of putting more control in a central authority(greater standardization and faster development(though this is debatable)) will be worth sacrificing one of the core tenets of the FOSS philosophy- freedom. As far as I can see, forks and spin-offs are one of the benefits of this freedom- if you want something just so, you can tweak it in accordance with your tastes and skills. Maybe by some fluke one of the myriad forks will come up with something good(a genuine improvement) beneficial to the main project and the community(slim chances but still possible). And even if this fork by itself contributes nothing back to the community, tinkering in this fashion might just help the tinkerers develop some skills too, which you can use to contribute back to the community. Maybe think of it as a learning aid?
rothgarNov 20, 2008
+1 Linux Mint
richblDec 13, 2008
meta-forks.
z0rkMay 18, 2009
Do some research, Ubuntu is a fork of Debian.<a class="user" href="http://www.debian.org/trademark">http://www.debian.org/trademark</a>The trademark was registered the 21st of December of 1999 but has been in use since August 1993<a class="user" href="http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus">http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus</a>Ubuntu is a community developed and supported project. Since its launch in October 2004, Ubuntu has become one of the most highly regarded Linux distributions with millions of users around the world.