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Re: Failed distro count now at 979. World yawns each time a new one is expelled.

From	Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Failed distro count now at 979. World yawns each time a new one is expelled.
Date	2012-06-26 20:58 -0700
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On 6/26/12 8:53 PM, in article 1jb41vdpen4xl$.vetcip4u7ty4$.dlg@40tude.net,
"Foster" <frankfoster50@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:43:40 -0700, Snit wrote:
> 
>> On 6/26/12 8:38 PM, in article 187gutbf12.fsf@news.eternal-september.org,
>> "Hadron" <hadronquark@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Ed <ed-newsgroups@s5h.net> writes:
>>> 
>>>> On 2012-06-25, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>>> 299 active
>>>>> 64  dormant
>>>>> 324 discontinued
>>>>> 292 on waiting list
>>>>> -------------------
>>>>> 979 flops
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> MS is doomed
>>>> 
>>>> Define flop? Just because it's not under active development doesn't mean
>>>> it's failed. Take for instance a Sun machine which we have at work. It
>>>> sits quietly running SunOS 5.7, its got an uptime of 12 years, nearing
>>>> 13. 
>>> 
>>> Erm, and your point is?
>>> 
>>> The main point you DONT understand (because youre a fucking idiot) is
>>> that all the energy that went into yet another "me too" distro would
>>> have been far better utilised improving know quality like Debian.
>> 
>> Depends on the goals of the distro and the developers. Do not get me wrong,
>> I very well understand the downsides of so many distos in terms of user
>> adoption and fragmenting the ecosystem which complicates software creation,
>> but I think your claim is far too broad.
> 
> The proof is in the pudding.....
> Look at all these various distributions and then comment on what
> they add vs what could have been fixed/added to the distribution
> they are based upon.
> 
> Mint is a perfect example.
> 
> Mint is basically Ubuntu with most of the bugs fixed, a new theme
> and the proprietary stuff included from the get go...
> So?
> Why is Ubuntu broken in the first place?

Oh, I get how the lack of coordination has significant downsides - but I do
not think anything can or should be done about it.  I just wish the major
developers would get together and agree to actually work toward making
desktop Linux a significant and important competitor to the competition.


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