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____/ Chris on Thursday 30 Jun 2011 07:39 : \____
> Am Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:40:19 -0400 schrieb Ezekiel:
>
>>> http://www.osor.eu/news/de-munichs-move-to-a-vendor-independent-
> desktop-on-track
>>> Munich To Migrate 15,000 PCs To Ubuntu
>> So in other words - they switched direction yet again, dumped LiMux and
>> are now betting on Ubuntu.
>
> Was strange to me too. So I read the german source:
> http://www.golem.de/1105/83460-2.html
>
> "Der sogenannte Limux-Client basierte anfangs auf Debian Sarge. Heute ist
> die Grundlage Ubuntu, wobei sich das Entwicklerteam an den jeweiligen
> Long-Term-Support-Releases orientiert. 90 Prozent der genutzten Pakete
> stammen direkt aus den Repositories von Ubuntu. Die restlichen zehn
> Prozent sind selbst gebaute Pakete."
>
> Translates roughly to
>
> The so-called Limux-Client was initially based on Debian Sarge. Today it
> is based on Ubuntu, whereby the developer team orentates towards the
> respective LTS. 90% of the used packages originiate directly from the
> ubuntu repositories. The remaining 10% are self-built packages.
>
> So it's hardly any groundbreaking news that they changed from Debian to
> Ubuntu as a base system.
>
> The article also talks about
> - Limux still using KDE 3 and that they have not yet decided to change
> that.
> - The project having run badly because the software immature until IBM
> got involved and created a testing team (what, there was none?), and made
> them work on the documentation.
>
> [...]
>> Unfortunately [L]iar is too stupid
>
> Way to go to keep on topic.
"Ezekiel" is a longtime anti-Linux troll. Most people here have this troll
in the killfile.
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