Instead of Fixing Bug #1 Canonical/Ubuntu Contributes to Making the Bug Even More Severe (WSL/EEE)

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2019-12-11 09:48:31 UTC
Modified: 2019-12-11 09:48:31 UTC

Capitulation: Reducing Ubuntu to "Windows app" with Windows-only extensions and Microsoft surveillance (the race to appease Microsoft) instead of a standalone operating system

Ubuntu bug #1

Summary: Following one seminal report about Canonical financially contributing to Microsoft's EEE efforts -- celebrated openly by GNU/Linux opponents -- there have been at least four more [1-4], reaffirming many people's suspicions that by closing bug #1 Ubuntu basically decided not that it was fixed but that it would no longer attempt to fix it ("wontfix")

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Canonical Sponsoring Microsoft’s 1st Windows Subsystem For Linux Conference!

Canonical Sponsors WSL Conference: The team Canonical is the founders of Ubuntu Linux Operating System. The team canonical announced that the team Canonical will be a featured as a sponsor on Microsoft’s 1st WSL Conference. This is the 1st conference held by Microsoft team for WSL. The official WSL Conference is scheduled for March 10th-11th, 2020 at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington We can expect that the conference will bring “Founders, Developers, Programmers, Community Members” from the WSL project.

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There may never be a "Year of the Linux desktop" per se, but Linux on Windows, via the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), is certainly gaining popularity. Canonical, Ubuntu Linux's parent company, has just announced it will help sponsor WSLConf, the first WSL-specific conference.

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Instead of Fixing Bug #1 Canonical/Ubuntu Contributes to Making the Bug Even More Severe (WSL/EEE)

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Canonical Sponsors WSLConf, Microsoft?s First Linux Conference

Canonical co-sponsors Windows Subsystem for Linux conference

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