Eeebuntu 4.0 to drop Ubuntu for Debian

[newbie2]

A few days ago one of the members of the Eeebuntu Linux development team threw up his hands in exasperation complaining that every time a new version of Ubuntu Linux came out, it broke compatibility with Eeebuntu. Now another member of the dev team has posted on the Eebuntu forum that the team has decided to move away from Ubuntu in its next release. Instead, Eeebuntu 4.0 will be based on Debian Unstable.

This means four things:

1. The developers will have more control over the project and more flexibility in the applications and updates added to the project
2. Instead of expecting new releases every 6 months or so, you should see releases when they’re ready (which could be either faster or slower than the current release cycle)
3. The team plans to add support for desktops, not just netbooks
4. The name “Eeebuntu” is going to start sounding a bit silly

The next version is scheduled for release in late December, but a lot can change between now and then. There will be beta versions available before that time though.
http://www.liliputing.com/2009/10/eeebuntu-4-0-to-drop-ubuntu-for-debian.html
http://forum.eeebuntu.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&p=21118
):P

[HomoGleek]

Just read this: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/28574/1141/

Does this affect all Ubuntu users on EeePCs or just Eeebuntu users?

[Bachstelze]

The popular Ubuntu Linux distribution has received criticism from an unexpected corner and its ASUS Eee netbook users are likely to be left with an unworkable system when Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala hits the Internet later this month.

This is rubbish. I've been running Karmic on my Eee 701 for months.

[HomoGleek]

This is rubbish. I've been running Karmic on my Eee 701 for months.
Phew! Panic over! Ta.

[HomoGleek]

This is rubbish. I've been running Karmic on my Eee 701 for months.
Phew, panic over! Ta :)

The developer of Eeebuntu seems too be throwing his dummy out.

[sgosnell]

Fewt's utilities have been redundant for some time. The last few Linux kernels have complete support for the EEE, except for perhaps a few things that aren't that important to most users. The only thing that I know of that the utility does is scale the CPU speed more. I don't really care about underclocking my CPU to the extent he does, and everything else works out of the box. I expect the final release of Karmic will make it completely redundant. I'm not panicking.

[BigSilly]

That makes no sense to me at all. Distros based on Ubuntu complaining about Ubuntu!

[surfed]

Just read this: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/28574/1141/

Does this affect all Ubuntu users on EeePCs or just Eeebuntu users?

This is a badly researched and written article. It should have made the fact more clear that this only affects Eeebuntu and not Ubuntu users with plain or NBR Desktop. He is just pissed off that eeebuntu is becoming obsolete with Ubuntu NBR steeling the show. I have Karmic on my 1000h and its the best running linux on my eee to date.

[starcannon]

Nah, eeepc users will be fine. Indeed before easypeasy my Asus Eee 700, 701, and 702 all work, and still do work, perfectly. I use the array.org kernel just to give it a little extra somethin somethin, but outside of that and some u.i. tweaks to make things fit the tiny screen a bit better, it's a pretty standard install; Ubuntu on my Eee's looks like regular old ubuntu, only tiny :)

[HomoGleek]

All reassuring too hear :) I use default Ubuntu + GNOME and it looks fine on 900

(Well I'm using Mint for now, because my ubuntu install broke, just trying out too see what all the hype about, until Karmic)

P.S. Apologies for the spelling and double posts

[maflynn]

Did anyone else see this article?
http://www.liliputing.com/2009/10/eeebuntu-4-0-to-drop-ubuntu-for-debian.html

What do people think?

[HappinessNow]

Did anyone else see this article?


Nope.





What do people think?No Thoughts on the matter.

[AllRadioisDead]

Deeebian :P

[Tibuda]

They will rename it for Deeebian?

EDIT: damn you ihermit :lolflag:

[AllRadioisDead]

They will rename it for Deeebian?
hah.:)

[DigitalDuality]

I think its a great idea. I find distros that are built off of distros that are built off of distros risk too much in the stability department.

[RiceMonster]

I think its a great idea. I find distros that are built off of distros that are built off of distros risk too much in the stability department.

Someone should make a distro that's based off Linux Mint that's made to be even easier to use. Then it'll be a distro built off a distro that's built off a distro that's built off a distro.

[Tibuda]

Someone should make a distro that's based off Linux Mint that's made to be even easier to use. Then it'll be a distro built off a distro that's built off a distro that's built off a distro.


echo "a distro"
yes "that's built off a distro"

[m4tic]

Read this. http://www.fewt.com/2009/10/i-give-up.html

he speaks about incompatibilities and flaws he sees in the ubuntu system. Are any of his points to be taken seriously as he sees the 0S as ''unstable'' from this point on moving towards 9.10?

[SunnyRabbiera]

feh, who cares he seems to be a ms shill

[Eisenwinter]

feh, who cares he seems to be a ms shill
Yeah, who developed drivers for the operating system you use.

Show a little appreceation.

[shadylookin]

sounds more like a maintainer for eepcs than an app developer. Unlike him I found 9.04 to be a much better release than 8.10, but I guess you can't please all of the people all the time.

[SunnyRabbiera]

Yeah, who developed drivers for the operating system you use.

Show a little appreceation.

yeh but he is selling us out.
EEEpc and asus suck anyway.

[schauerlich]

feh, who cares he seems to be a ms shill


yeh but he is selling us out.
EEEpc and asus suck anyway.



if not person.agreeswith(you) :
print person, "is an m$ shill! Sellout!"

[edin9]

if not person.agreeswith(you) :
print person, "is an m$ shill! Sellout!"


........

[schauerlich]

........

Yes?

[Regenweald]

Whatever really, people leave, people join. Whatever Ubuntu's direction, it is attracting more and more persons with every release, so they are serving the majority successfully and doing it well.

[Swagman]

yeh but he is selling us out.
EEEpc and asus suck anyway.

That'll persuade him to stay wont it !!

If he reads this then I, at least, appreciate his work.

[HomoGleek]

Not only that, but you also get to look forward to even more bugs in the Intel drivers like the one causing xrandr to report success even when it does nothing, or the super awesome kernel mode setting bug that leaves many Eee 900 users with nothing but a blank screen at startup. This is real PROGRESS people!



Emmm should I be worried?

[SomeGuyDude]

Deeebian :P

DebEEEan would fit the pronunciation better. :P

[DracoJesi]

Sounds like somebody just wants to point figures....

if they do change, they should change the name as well, because that's just misleading :(

[sgosnell]

Eeebuntu outlived its usefulness some time ago, as did fewt's scripts. 9.04, especially with the 2.6.30 kernel, runs just fine on the EEE, and needs no tweaking unless you want to do fairly exotic things. Fewt can use whatever he likes, and I'll continue to use straight Ubuntu on my 900.

[Cam42]

Deeebian :P
Crap. I was going to say just that.
Actually it'd probably be dEEEbian.