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Debian, Ubuntu, and the DCC, oh my!

Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 6th of January 2006 09:47:20 PM Filed under

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The DCC Alliance, made up of several Linux distributors which are attempting to add LSB (Linux Standard Base) 3.0 compatibility to Debian Linux, has not had an easy time of it.

Even before the group was formally launched, other Debian Linux distributors, like VA Linux Systems Japan, objected to LSB 3 compatibility being added by the group instead of being done within the confines of the Debian Project.

After its launch in August at LinuxWorld, the member companies -- credativ GmbH (site in German), Knoppix LinEx (site in Spanish), Linspire, MEPIS LLC, Progeny Linux Systems Inc., Sun Wah Linux Ltd., UserLinux, and Xandros Inc. -- faced trouble over the use of "Debian" in the group's original name: Debian Common Core Alliance.

Even the settlement of the matter, in which the group changed its name to the DCC Alliance, didn't quiet down some critics.

Now, however, Mark Shuttleworth, founder and sponsor of Ubuntu, the extremely popular Debian Linux variation, has spelled out his problems with the DCC Alliance in a recent Ubuntu mailing list message.

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