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Re:Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS released by bryanlarsen on Friday February 17, 2017 @06:47AM (#13667554)
I think it's Ubuntu the corporation that gets criticized more than Ubuntu the OS.

They get compared to Red Hat, which from a hacker or open source point of view virtually always takes the high road and does the 'right thing'. They open source everything, they track down licenses, they sponsor the community, they insist on the purity of their own products, they're seen as being very co-operative when joining a project, et cetera. It's a high bar and Ubuntu doesn't quite reach it.

They're angels compared to pretty much any corporation but Red Hat, but it's Red Hat we compare them to.

Re:Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS released by sametmax on Friday February 17, 2017 @09:52AM (#13668583)
The linux community is giving more shit to canonical than the Mac community is giving to Apple.

Worst things that does Apple ? Delegating slavery, blatant monopoly, consumer lock up, patent trolling, killing small businesses for their profits, etc.

Worst things that does Canonical ? Doing some technical mistake, making controversial design choices, spending less resources than some people would like to help FOSS in specific ways. Yeah, they totally deserve the shit storm.

Re:Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS released by nickik on Friday February 17, 2017 @02:11PM (#13670843)
Different values. That comparison is pointless.
Re:Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS released by sametmax on Friday February 17, 2017 @06:52PM (#13672721)
It's not. The point is, the FOSS community value fairness a lot, but they are not fair at all with their champions.
Re:Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS released by digi_owl on Friday February 17, 2017 @07:10AM (#13667668)
I'm not sure if RH should really be considered an angel as such. It is just they are the grand old man of the Linux world and a massive employer of project developers.
Re:Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS released by marcoms on Friday February 17, 2017 @06:58AM (#13667606)
*Canonical