mark shuttleworth did an AMA on reddit

[–]stedenko 34 points 2 hours ago*

Mr Shuttleworth,

Has Canonical been approached by the NSA regarding access to Ubuntu One?

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[–]Mark_Shuttleworth[S] 55 points 1 hour ago

No. I do have concerns that we have data in AWS and other US clouds which might be subject to PRISM. We're looking at a range of options to provide both security and also plausible deniability to users of Ubuntu who are surveilled.

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We did consider specifying a range of accessories - gaming, PC form factor, ultra-mobility stations, but decided to focus on the core device and let others build ecosystems around it. The connection is standard MHL which means it should be straightforward for folks to support, and more interesting to crowdsource ieas than for us to try and do it all.

I do think that the Edge coud be the heart of a whole wave of innovation - once you have a real PC in your pocket, who knows what entrepreneurs will build around it? Or kids with ideas from high school to MIT?

[–]vviikkrraanntt 1801 points 1 day ago*

Hello, Thanks for empowering millions of people from developing countries like India(I'm from India) to have an alternative to Pirated Windows XP. We can't afford OS like Windows and the simplistic nature of ubuntu (native graphic and audio support with indic language support) really helps many people in the villages to learn computers. I don't know if i will again get the chance to talk with the founder in the future so Thank you.

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[–]Mark_Shuttleworth[S] 938 points 1 day ago

Thank you - appreciate your saying hi!

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ozzie freedom wrote:suddenly ubuntu desktop removes the terminal completely and switches to shuttlekernel which only supports tf2 for linux and wine