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Hi Jaromil,
>    consider i'm doing a distribution myself and at the same time

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>    writing software for mine and other distributions, so i'm constantly

>    questioning how small and medium scale efforts can be sustainable

Do you believe they would be more sustainable if the mainstream

distributions didn't exist? In my view, specialist distributions suit a

minority of users, while most users have more general needs.
>    especially if a distribution can hide to the users the single efforts

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>    it contains and even the original platform it forks from after 10

>    years of development.

Whenever I hear Mark speak he always makes the effort to give credit to

the Debian project. Whether you believe Ubuntu is a fork of Debian or

maintains the feedback loop, I'd have to point out that before Ubuntu

came along, Debian was having severe difficulties in getting releases

out. I believe that Ubuntu has helped to re-energise Debian (even if

it's just through providing some competition in their back yard).
 > we should preserve and support the variety of

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>    free software, not brand it under a single flag

I don't think Ubuntu is likely to achieve that. Red Hat has reserves of

over $1 billion in cash and investments, Novell isn't poor either, and

Debian is not going away.
> 2) pertinence - since Ubuntu is not an audio oriented distribution.
We already have Mandriva as a member, and that's not specifically about

audio - but like Ubuntu, it's a distribution that wants to contribute to

audio development and provide a better audio experience for its users.
Cheers!
Daniel