Comments on: Ubuntu to take new path? http://www.mihswat.com/2009/01/26/ubuntu-to-take-new-path/ Headquarters of the Strategic Worldwide Applications and Technologies Team Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Mike Raath http://www.mihswat.com/2009/01/26/ubuntu-to-take-new-path/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Mike Raath Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:57:25 +0000 http://www.mihswat.com/?p=557#comment-188 I'm not sure that you are disagreeing with me there, Brad. Yes of course the desktop edition will continue. But I think there'll be much more focus on the server edition going forward. I don't think Ubuntu Server has made that much of an impact up until now, but the point I'm making is that I think Canonical is trying to change that now. And if they are, it makes perfect sense. Or cents. I’m not sure that you are disagreeing with me there, Brad. Yes of course the desktop edition will continue. But I think there’ll be much more focus on the server edition going forward.

I don’t think Ubuntu Server has made that much of an impact up until now, but the point I’m making is that I think Canonical is trying to change that now. And if they are, it makes perfect sense. Or cents.

]]> By: Bradley Wells http://www.mihswat.com/2009/01/26/ubuntu-to-take-new-path/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Bradley Wells Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:01:07 +0000 http://www.mihswat.com/?p=557#comment-186 There are a couple of goals that the release of Jaunty that leads me to disagree. They are particularly focusing on decreasing the boot time, this is because of the whole new sector of netbooks and their need to have super-fast startup times.They have already cut down up to 10 secs with the new extf4 filesystem. As you have stated that a Ubuntu desktop facelift is long overdue, this is where Shuttleworth stated that he wants the Ubuntu to have the best looking interface, even better than OSX. It might not be a bad thing if Ubuntu is focusing on dominating in the *nix server market, it will give the project a backing while the community is sure to improve on the desktop side of the project. But because the above mentioned goals for the next release are surely desktop focused I dont think that it will be happening soon. There are a couple of goals that the release of Jaunty that leads me to disagree. They are particularly focusing on decreasing the boot time, this is because of the whole new sector of netbooks and their need to have super-fast startup times.They have already cut down up to 10 secs with the new extf4 filesystem. As you have stated that a Ubuntu desktop facelift is long overdue, this is where Shuttleworth stated that he wants the Ubuntu to have the best looking interface, even better than OSX.

It might not be a bad thing if Ubuntu is focusing on dominating in the *nix server market, it will give the project a backing while the community is sure to improve on the desktop side of the project. But because the above mentioned goals for the next release are surely desktop focused I dont think that it will be happening soon.

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