Re: [Sheflug] Ubuntu 11.04: Too Natty for Its Own Good?

[Bob Mottram <fuzzgun@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10 May 2011 12:13, Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've come to
> the conclusion that Ubuntu has reached the top of it's popularity
> curve and is now on it's way down on the other side of the curve.  I
> am not alone.  This seems to be the accepted model for Linux
> distributions.  They become popular and eventually reach a point whre
> the project is too big and begin to wobble and then collapse around
> their own gravitational pull.


Google trends thinks the peak year for Ubuntu was 2009.

  http://www.google.com/trends?q=Ubuntu

Ubuntu has lost the "latest trendy new thing" shine that it once had,
and I think problems began with CloseButtonGate in which it became
clear that the opinions of the user base were being sidelined.  It's
important to have users, and distros ignore them at their peril.

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