**Bryan Lunduke** @lunduke@librem.one · 2020-04-21T18:41:33Z

Bryan Lunduke @lunduke@librem.one

Bryan Lunduke @lunduke@librem.one

Mark Shuttleworth in 2016: 'Ubuntu keeps GNU/Linux relevant'

This is a short interview with Mark Shuttleworth (CEO of Canonical, makers of Ubuntu) that I did back in 2016.

His answers were fascinating.

https://lunduke.com/posts/2020-04-21/

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**Also Named Bort 🇨🇦** @terryenglish@librem.one · Apr 21, 2020, 18:47

**Also Named Bort 🇨🇦** @terryenglish@librem.one · Apr 21, 2020, 18:47

Apr 21, 2020, 18:47

Also Named Bort 🇨🇦 @terryenglish@librem.one

@lunduke These quotes did not age well.

**Alyx Hinata 🇹🇩🚫💀** @alyx@gameliberty.club · Apr 21, 2020, 18:51

**Alyx Hinata 🇹🇩🚫💀** @alyx@gameliberty.club · Apr 21, 2020, 18:51

Apr 21, 2020, 18:51

Alyx Hinata 🇹🇩🚫💀 @alyx@gameliberty.club

@lunduke
Was he high during it? There are plenty of good distros outside of Ubuntu. Why the hell would he consider ChromeOS the go to Linux, if Ubuntu didn't exist?!

**ray** @steakwipe@toast.cafe · Apr 21, 2020, 18:54

**ray** @steakwipe@toast.cafe · Apr 21, 2020, 18:54

Apr 21, 2020, 18:54

ray @steakwipe@toast.cafe

@alyx @lunduke hey dont pin this on being high that's not fair to a lot of us

**Account: Computers** @pro@mu.zaitcev.nu · Apr 21, 2020, 23:22

**Account: Computers** @pro@mu.zaitcev.nu · Apr 21, 2020, 23:22

Apr 21, 2020, 23:22

Account: Computers @pro@mu.zaitcev.nu

@alyx @lunduke Not a terribly dissimilar position to that of Vladimir Putin, who said that the world without Russia has no reason to exist.

**SwindlerOfInsanity** @SwindlerOfInsanity@mastodon.social · Apr 21, 2020, 19:49

**SwindlerOfInsanity** @SwindlerOfInsanity@mastodon.social · Apr 21, 2020, 19:49

Apr 21, 2020, 19:49

SwindlerOfInsanity @SwindlerOfInsanity@mastodon.social

@lunduke
.... what about all the other distros?

**WalterKühl** @waltercool@pl.slash.cl · Apr 21, 2020, 20:53

**WalterKühl** @waltercool@pl.slash.cl · Apr 21, 2020, 20:53

Apr 21, 2020, 20:53

WalterKühl @waltercool@pl.slash.cl

@lunduke Even if I don't like Ubuntu as much, I do agree. They helped a lot to make Linux user-friendly

**Vancha** @vancha@fosstodon.org · Apr 21, 2020, 20:57

**Vancha** @vancha@fosstodon.org · Apr 21, 2020, 20:57

Apr 21, 2020, 20:57

Vancha @vancha@fosstodon.org

@lunduke I wonder why he would use the word gnu at all, when chromeos would be his preferred choice if it wasn't for Ubuntu. That to me, indicates that he doesn't value the freedom gnu/linux based operating systems *can* offer, just their convenience. In the long run, the two are probably more dependant on each other than many assume.