[linux-audio-user] "Multimedia Ubuntu"

[Lee Revell]

On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 13:22 -0500, Dana Olson wrote:
> Just as an FYI to those of you who might be interested in this...
> 
> I have it on good authority that Mark Shuttleworth has been working
> towards hosting a multimedia-oriented derivative of Ubuntu, set for
> Dapper+1 release time.
> 
> I should know more on Monday, after his conference call.
> 
> My own speculation is that it will be called "Mubuntu" given this:
> 
>  Domain name: MUBUNTU.COM
> 
>  Administrative Contact:
>     Troup, James  hostmaster at canonical.com
> 
> Dana


Arrrgh.... why?  Why not just make regular Ubuntu usable for multimedia?

This fragmentation is idiotic and will destroy Linux.  Linux as an audio
platform will be a joke as long as a customized distro is required to
use it.

OSX and Windows don't need a "Multimedia edition" why should Linux?

Lee