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[Faldegast <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

1) "Linux (commonly pronounced /ˈlɪnəks/ LIN-əks in American English,[4][5] also pronounced /ˈlɪnʊks/ LIN-ooks[6] in Europe and Canada) refers to the family of Unix-like computer operating systems using the Linux kernel."
Thats the common use of the word "Linux" and its quite obvious that i did not talk about the kernel.

2) Thats actually what most people are doing in order to spread Ubuntu,
and I agree that it is a good method to spread Ubuntu in a place where
Windows cant go. This is not something i suggested, but stated my
approval of. There was someone else that posted that they was doing this
for people that cannot afford new computers.

3) Yes. And we do not really have a problem on the server side.

4) The creation of a store for both Ubuntu and non-Ubuntu would not be
nightmarish using PackageKit. A store? Can you buy applications in USC?
How do I add a commercial application to that store?

My favourite would actually be something like Java Store. However it
would only be good for the few Java applications out there.

Take a look at Xandros and their success. CNR seam to work quite well,
just to bad that their OS is...

Also supporting other OS:es is not a hard requirement.

> @faldegast:
> 1) Why would we market a kernel?
> 2) Running Ubuntu on scrap/old is not putting our best foot forward, and
> creates support issues.
> 3) For the server side, we have Ubuntu Server.
> 4) Ubuntu Software Centre is just that: a store for Ubuntu-compatible
> software. The extension of USC to non-Ubuntu platforms would be
> nightmarish in complexity.

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