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On 2024-10-29, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> On 2024-10-29 3:08 a.m., RonB wrote:
>> On 2024-10-28, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>> On 2024-10-28 12:48 p.m., DFS wrote:
>>>> On 10/26/2024 9:30 AM, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Le 24-10-2024, DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> a écrit :
>>>>>>    From
>>>>>> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/export/
>>>>>
>>>>> Let say that the major part of this list is only different versions of
>>>>> the same product. I'll try o remember that when you say there are too
>>>>> many Linux distros.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Right now distrowatch lists 165 active x86_64 desktop Linux distros.
>>>>
>>>> But 8-10 distros make up 90% of Linux desktop users.
>>>>
>>>> What's the lesson here?
>>>
>>> People fork for the sake of forking rather than to improve anything.
>> 
>> The lesson? Linux is open source and people are free do what they want with
>> it. No justification needed for forking it.
>> 
>> Choice is good.
>
> It is great in theory, but everyone seems to want to have their own 
> distribution so rather than working together for a common goal, they're 
> working apart. Theoretically, the improvements go into the same pool no 
> matter what but I wonder if they actually do.

It's great in practice. I don't WANT everyone working for a common goal, or 
a single distribution. One distribution could be controlled by one group of 
people. One distribution could more easily be attacked with an exploit. The 
so-called "weakness" in Linux (too many distributions) is to me its 
strength. It's how it says completely open source.

Choice is good.

-- 
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien