Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Borax Man Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Distros specifically designed for children Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 12:03:02 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <100lcd7$30vat$1@dont-email.me> <100le5o$318dd$1@dont-email.me> <100ljn1$30vat$2@dont-email.me> <6831b9a7$0$8595$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <6832fab9$0$11442$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10102st$1j2ov$1@dont-email.me> <10131ao$28rgm$1@dont-email.me> Injection-Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 14:03:02 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="231af6d6acfa70b0a52e5444b21475cc"; logging-data="3402614"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX190N37RmsvfKJPD3ooX167oloR71q1kISA=" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:uvvHLQzmBg/qmEhStoZVb5gwG5Y= On 2025-05-28, c186282 wrote: > On 5/27/25 7:49 AM, Borax Man wrote: >> On 2025-05-27, Lawrence D'Oliveiro 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'. The biggest improvements have been software and hardware related. Better hardware support, and more supported software. I can run Zoom, Signal, Discord, Doom 2016 on Linux now. Back when I started, I would have to sometimes dual boot into Windows. Now I don't need windows. We can thank Valve and software vendors who are relasing Linux binaries and the Linux kernel team. They made Linux a viable OS. That and Pipewire, etc. Improvements are real. Standardisation won't happen, not without a single authoritative Linux OS. Choice is not necessarily freedom.