Izolo ngithole isihloko esithakazelisayo kakhulu ku- Fossforce esinesihloko esithi "Ingabe Kungaba Yinhlekelele Uma Ubuntu Buphela?" esangenza ngacabanga… wawuyini umnikelo ka-Ubuntu "ezweni le-Linux"? I-Linux ibiyoba yini ngaphandle kwe-Ubuntu?
Ubuntu: okuhle, okubi nokubi
Muva nje, kunokuhluleka okuningi nezinqumo ezimbi ngabakwaCanonical: Unity, Mir, inyunyana yabo ne-Amazon, Ubuntu bama-TV, Ubuntu Edge, njll. Lezi zinqumo ezimbi, ngaphezu kwalokho, zenze ingxenye enkulu yabasebenzisi be-Ubuntu bayishiya le distro futhi bayakhuthazwa ukuthi bazame amanye ama-flavour we-Linux. Ngaleyo ndlela, ukwehluleka kwe-Ubuntu kube kuhle kukho konke ukusatshalaliswa kweLinux, okubonile ukuthi isisekelo sabo somsebenzisi sikhula. Mhlawumbe isici "esilimaza kakhulu" kulezi zinqumo ezimbi ukuthi sehlukanise ingxenye enkulu yabasebenzisi: Ubunye vs. IGnome, iMir vs Wayland, njll. Ngaphezu kwalokho, bobabili i-Unity neMir ikakhulukazi "banesizungu" intuthuko yeCanonical ngokubandakanyeka okuncane noma okungekho komphakathi.
Kodwa-ke, Ubuntu usenezici ezinhle kakhulu. Ikwazile ukuzakhela igama ngaphandle komhlaba weLinux, nokungeyona into encane. Kungahle kube nesifaki esihle kunazo zonke, inani elikhulu lamaphakeji atholakalayo, umphakathi omkhulu, izinkundla ezinhle, isisekelo esikhulu sabasebenzisi, kunqoba amaphesenti akhulayo emakethe yeseva futhi ukwazile ukuba yisilinganiso lapho kukhulunywa ngokudlala kweLinux. (I-Steam, isibonelo). ICanonical ngokungangabazeki iyinkampani entsha futhi ecabanga phambili, noma ngabe eminye imibono yayo yehlulekile. Kepha kuthiwani uma lolu chungechunge lokwehluleka luholela uMark Shuttleworth ukuthi angabe esaxhasa ngemali ukuthuthukiswa kobuntu?
Nginguyihlo
Ubuntu futhi buyisisekelo sokusatshalaliswa okuningi. Ukuhlaziywa okuyisisekelo kokuhanjiswa okungu-50 okuthandwa kakhulu kuveza okuphuma ku-Ubuntu okulandelayo: Mint, OS4, Zorin, Lubuntu, Bodhi, Elementary, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Pear, Linux Lite, Ubuntu GNOME, Snowlinux, Peppermint, PinguyOS, BackBox ne-Ubuntu Studio . Okuholela ekutheni sizibuze: kuthiwani uma iCanonical iyeka ukubeka imali ku-Ubuntu? Impendulo abasinika yona kwaFossforce yile elandelayo:
I-Linux ibikhona kudala ngaphambi ko-Ubuntu futhi isazoqhubeka nokuba khona ngemuva kwesikhathi eside kwe-Ubuntu. Esimweni esibi kakhulu, ukwabiwa ngakunye okususelwe ku-Ubuntu kungehliselwa ku-Debian ngaphandle kwezinkinga ezinkulu.
Kuyindida ukuthi ngingeza ukuthi mhlawumbe lokhu kungcono ku-Ubuntu. Lokhu kuzodlulela ezandleni zomphakathi, njengoba kwenzekile nakwamanye amaphrojekthi we-software yamahhala, futhi kungahle kutholakale "ukuluhlaza" kakhulu kwisitayela se-LibreOffice. Uma kungenjalo, akungabazeki ukuthi enye i-distro izogcwalisa igebe elishiywe Ubuntu ngokushesha okukhulu.
Kungani kubuzwa lo mbuzo?
Ngokwethembeka, ngicabanga ukuthi iCanonical akunakwenzeka ukuthi inqume ukushiya Ubuntu, okungenani okwamanje. Ngezivumelwano ezahlukahlukene, iCanonical ikwazile ukuguqula Ubuntu bube ngumkhiqizo onenzuzo. Ake sicabange nje ngesivumelwano nohulumeni waseChina noma ngezivumelwano nabathile abakhiqizi bamakhompyutha ukusabalalisa amadivayisi abo nge-Ubuntu efakwe ngaphambili. Kungahle kungabi nenzuzo eyanele ukuthi uMark Shuttleworth abe nguSteve Jobs olandelayo - mhlawumbe iphupho lakhe elifihlekile? - kepha kunenzuzo eyenele yokuthi inkampani ingalahlekelwa.
Ngakho-ke kungani uzibuze ukuthi iLinux ingaba yini ngaphandle koBuntu? Ngamafuphi, ngoba kimi kubonakala sengathi ngumbuzo onempilo lowo. Ukubaluleka kobuntu ku-Linux kuvame ukwenziwa ihaba. Kukhona ithani lamanye ama-distros wedeskithophu atholakalayo angahle abe yi-Ubuntu noma ANGCONO kangcono ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene. Ngakho-ke iLinux ayikwazanga nje kuphela ukusinda ekulahlekelweni kokugcina kwe-Ubuntu, izoqhubeka nokuchuma. Ubuntu ngokuqinisekile usizile ukukhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwedeskithophu kweLinux, kepha sekukhule kakhulu ukwedlula noma yikuphi ukuthembela ekusatshalalisweni ukuze usinde.
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