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On 5/27/25 7:49 AM, Borax Man wrote:
> On 2025-05-27, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>> On Mon, 26 May 2025 11:14:02 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:
>>
>>> We would have 1,000 distros without this mentality.
>>
>> Is that a good or a bad thing?
> 
> Do'h!, I meant we would NOT have 1,000 distros!  The fragementations
> into different distros, different methods of packaging, different ways
> of storing and configuring is overall, a hindrance.  Its a fake
> "choice", because for the vast majority of people, who cares?
> 
> If there was only RPM, no Deb, would that matter?

   Too MUCH 'choice' CAN be as bad as too LITTLE choice.

   CURRENTLY - I think the Linux universe has become just
   TOO diverse. More standardization would be a longer
   term advantage.

   Yea yea, everybody THINKS they have the Better Way,
   but too often it's merely "different", no real
   long-term advantage at all.

   I like to play with Linux/BSD distros. Have seen
   more and more 'diversity', but NOT 'improvement'.