Remember the 1980s worries about how the "forking" of Unix could hurt that operating system's chances for adoption? That was nothing compared to the mess we've got today with Linux, where upwards of 300 distributions vie for the attention of computer users seeking an alternative to Windows.
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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanSince the very beginning, directories (of any kind) have had a very central role in the internet. (I have recently grown fond of Free Web Directory. Even Slashdot can be considered a directory: a collection of great news and invaluable user-generated comments. As far as software is concerned, doing a quick search on Google about software directories will return the free (as in freedom) software directories like Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat and so on, followed by shareware and freeware sites such as FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and All Freeware (great if you're looking for shareware and freeware, but definitely less comprehensive than their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).
Is better education the key to finding better software?
Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward RusselI read David Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software? the other day, which got me thinking about software directories in general. As David mentioned, many of the software directories one finds when doing a quick google search are free as in beer, not as in freedom. But what interests me is the software directories that already exist, providing a combination of both free as in beer software, and open source software. Sites such as Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download don't advertise themselves as providing free as in liberty software, but each of them have a good selection of open source software available... if you know where to look.
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dave
4 years 44 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago
Okay so I posted this for two reasons: 1)
Okay so I posted this for two reasons:
1) this blog was posted at 11AM on InformationWeek and another blog entry (http://www.fsdaily.com/Community/Are_There_Really_Too_Many_Linux_Distros/) was posted at 4PM today also on InformationWeek. The second one seems to be in response to this one. I think that's quite amusing.
2) I think fsdaily readers should go and leave a comment on this article on InformationWeek expressing how we feel about this author's opinion.
If there is his 1 opinion vs 100 opposing opinions then his fud won't work.
michuk
4 years 44 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago
If you also are lost in the distro
If you also are lost in the distro mess you should visit polishlinux.org to make your choice easier :)
* Linux distros ovieview: http://polishlinux.org/linux/
* BSD family ovieview: http://polishlinux.org/bsd/
* Distro chooser: http://polishlinux.org/choose/quiz/
* Distro comparisons: http://polishlinux.org/choose/comparison/
And you're all set. If not, there's always DistroWatch