[Qgis-user] FW: Problem with Ubuntu 12

[Lee Hachadoorian]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Spencer Gardner <spgardner at hntb.com> wrote:
> I see the core issue as this: Should QGIS as a project force users to adjust their software usage to fit the tailored preferences of its developers, or should the developers adjust their development decisions to accommodate users? It's an age-old problem in the free software world and I don't pretend to have a right answer as to where that line should be drawn in this case. My own opinion is that it would be foolish to drop support for the default desktop environment on the most highly-visible and arguably most popular Linux platform.

I wouldn't characterize it as "dropping support" for a distro so much
as "adding support" for a new desktop environment. For broadest
possible use, I hope that Unity will *eventually* be supported, *if*
it survives. Keep in mind that discontent with Unity is not confined
to this list, and while hard numbers are hard to come by, on
distrowatch, Linux Mint has shot ahead of Ubuntu. Depending upon the
difficulty of the fix, I think the developers are well justified in
taking a wait-and-see approach.

--Lee

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Lee Hachadoorian
PhD, Earth & Environmental Sciences (Geography)
Research Associate, CUNY Center for Urban Research
http://freecity.commons.gc.cuny.edu/