Advanced

Don't believe everything you read on Ubuntu forums -- Fluxbuntu still an Ubuntu stepchild

Posted by Steven_Rosenber on · Post a comment
Click; By Steven Rosenberg
Mail this story
Print this story

After thinking that I'm "breaking" some kind of news on Fluxbuntu becoming an official port of Ubuntu, I go back to the Ubuntu Forums and find out that the April 1 day meant that it was an April Fool's joke from Fluxbuntu principal Joe Jaxx, reports bodhi.zazen, the other Fluxbuntu biggie who posted it in the first place.

After thinking that I'm "breaking" some kind of news on Fluxbuntu becoming an official port of Ubuntu, I go back to the Ubuntu Forums and find out that the April 1 day meant that it was an April Fool's joke from Fluxbuntu principal Joe Jaxx, reports bodhi.zazen, the other Fluxbuntu biggie who posted it in the first place.

Guess I should've checked it out further.

Here's what bodhi.zazen writes in the forum:

Re: Fluxbuntu Ha ha ha ... I forgot to tell you Joe Jaxx told me this on April 1st, so it looks like the joke is on me Sorry to have mislead you all in my excitement The Fluxbuntu website is under construction and there is a release planned based on Feisty shortly after April 19 th. But Fluxbutu is not going "official" at this time. Ha ha Oh yeah, I'm so laughing right now. Who doesn't like a good software-release April Fool's joke?

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: Announcements, News Story; Groups: Community, Linux, Ubuntu

» Get new stories by e-mail: nightly or as they are published

« Return to the newswire homepage

  Related stories
» More like this

Comments

No comments yet. Be the first.

Post a comment

A free account is needed to post. Write your comment here first: your text is kept in this browser while you sign up or log in, and is waiting for you when you come back.

Your message:
|||||
10
Markdown: **bold**, *italic*, [text](https://link), - lists, > quotes, $x^2$ for math. Formatting help

Sign up and post (it is free)  or  Log in and post