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Keep in mind that Ubuntu is based on Debian, which is the all-the-way-to-the-limit software libre-only distribution. Reading between the lines, Shuttleworth has been catching flack from the hard-core Debian faithful and decided to give them what they've been asking for: a pure-libre version of Ubuntu.

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Debian  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/12/07
In addition...  John L. Ries | 07/12/07
Maybe religious  tombalablomba | 07/12/07
Well duh...  Vinko_z | 07/12/07
Gobuntu?  CodeBubba | 07/12/07
That useless open source stuff  bportlock | 07/12/07
Your examples prove his point  frgough | 07/13/07
You're proving nothing  bportlock | 07/13/07
you'd have a point  frgough | 07/13/07
You know nothing of what you speak  NonZealot | 07/13/07
FOSS Works At 1.0, Microsoft Works(?) at 3.0+  dumptux | 07/13/07
You know nothing of what you speak  Jxn | 08/15/07
I see that more lessons are needed  bportlock | 07/13/07
Re: Your examples prove his point  none none | 07/13/07
A point, but not 4 points  Freebird54 | 07/14/07
A point, but not 4 points  DrConnors | 07/03/08
"You get what you pay for".  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/12/07
When it comes to OSs, you don't get what you paid for  NonZealot | 07/12/07
$2,000.00? Really?  Linux User 147560 | 07/13/07
It gets even better  frgough | 07/13/07
Gets even better ...  MisterMiester | 07/13/07
Additional note ...  MisterMiester | 07/13/07
You can't change a Zealot.  nix_hed | 07/13/07
Yes - I've noticed. (nt)  bportlock | 07/13/07
There's At Least One Thing That's Even Harder  dumptux | 07/13/07
Winston Churchill summed it up nicely...  bportlock | 07/14/07
You forgot....  zkiwi | 07/16/07
It matters very little...  John L. Ries | 07/12/07
Gnobuntu would have been better  nucrash | 07/13/07
Nope... should have been "Gnubuntu"  John L. Ries | 07/13/07
Could Gobuntu Be An Attempt to "Ape" gNewSense?  dumptux | 07/13/07
Well said, but  Freebird54 | 07/14/07
Well said  bobsherrill@... | 08/08/07
GNUSense is ok.  Jxn | 08/15/07
Absolutely hilarious  frgough | 07/13/07
Um...no  vukko | 07/13/07
A good example of 'selling out'...  Marty R. Milette | 07/13/07
Look at comodo.com  GreyTech | 08/08/07
$2,000 what!?  vukko | 07/13/07
$2000 for no headaches vs $2000 for vista  nix_hed | 07/13/07
hahahahaha haha what?  zupobaloop | 09/10/08
Rather like gNewSense  don-guitar | 07/13/07
Sort of reminds me of this...  jbroche18 | 07/15/07
Adrian, Fairly sure you care little for my thoughts.  LazLong | 07/15/07
Why not name it GNUbuntu then?  emenau | 08/07/07
i don't think you know what you're asking for  zupobaloop | 09/10/08
The question to ask...  cquirke | 08/08/07

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