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On 1/10/25 10:23 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Jan 2025 21:17:50 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen
> <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> wrote:
> 
>> Those days are over. No more aftermarket car radios, since
>> entertainment, navigation, climate control and other dashboard
>> functions became integrated.
> 
> The real question then, is: Has the seame thing happened with Linux
> distributions?
> 
> Is it good or bad?

   There's not as MUCH 'diversity' as, say, 10 years ago.

   Came across a chart somewhere showing which Linux distros
   spawned others, and others, over maybe a 25 year span.
   MOST didn't make it - lived maybe 5 years. I guess every
   developer is sure they have the 'better idea', but ....

   However there's still most of the olde-tyme core distros.
   The RHEL branch, Debian, Arch, Slack. Those seem to be
   holding up. FreeBSD and OpenBSD also and don't forget
   GenToo.

   TOO much 'diversity' splits efforts and opinions too
   much IMHO. Not enough invites the fate of niche species.

   Oh, you CAN get aftermarket car radios ... cheap
   to outrightly ridiculous. Try Amazon.