How are Linux distributions like digital cameras? It sounds like a joke on the order of, "What’s the difference between a compulsive gambler and a revolving door?" (Answer: The revolving door knows when to stop.) But the more I’ve thought about it, the more I’ve realized that Linux distros are as varied as digital cameras, and for some of the same reasons.
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dave
16 years 40 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago
The funny thing about this blog
The funny thing about this blog entry is that it appears to be in response to another blog entry posted on InformationWeek about 5 hours earlier:
http://www.fsdaily.com/Opposition/Too_Many_Linux_Distros_Make_For_Open_S...
Desention in the IW blogging ranks? Hmm
kiba
16 years 40 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago
THE standard linux distro that
THE standard linux distro that everyone seem to want is Ubuntu , bar none. The rest are all just specialist or outraced distributions.
So it doesn't matter if there are hundred of forks anyway.
Because there will be a few which pretty much everyone use and familiar with.
can.axis
16 years 40 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago
I would like new gnu(zilla?)/linux
I would like new gnu(zilla?)/linux distro... with xul desktop environment ;-)
http://www.ofb.biz/article.pl?sid=154
http://www.penzilla.org/