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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Linux needs less fragmentation |
| Date | 2026-10-05 09:25 +0100 |
| Organization | A little, after lunch |
| Message-ID | <119vmt7$mtek$12@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 05/10/2026 02:53, rbowman wrote: > On Sun, 4 Oct 2026 14:08:35 -0700, Lars Poulsen wrote: > >> A lot of the noise is "Ubuntu based distributions" and "Fedora based >> distributions". In my opinion, those should not be distributions, they >> should be packages to load on top of those mainstream distributions. >> In the cases that I am aware of, they are basically tweaks to the GUI to >> suit a particular taste. > > Ubuntu has a few GNOME tweaks that make it more usable than vanilla GNOME. > KDE on Fedora, Arch, and SUSE are all very similar with little > customization. MX does a nice job with Xfce, better than Debian or Devuan. > > Ubuntu has Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu. Mint offers Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce > with separate isos for each. Fedora has 'spins' with GNOME and KDE now as > mainstream. SUSE includes GNOME, KDE, and Xfce in the offline installer. > Devuan has those and a couple of more. > > What you're overlooking is some of the other differences. Rolling, semi- > rolling, or slow releaes. Snpa, flatpak, or nothing by default? Systemd, > SysVinit, runit? X11 or Wayland? As I said. the average noob doesn't give a tuppeny F... All he wants is a trivially easy installation and his every day needs met without having to understand a damned thing. Ubuntu first, then Mint later recognised that need and built distros around it Mint MATE was the first distro that worked on my hardware and did everything I wanted more or less. I never saw reason to change. I am not that interested in the ins and outs, the command line or whatever. I had all of that pre X windows in Unix. Today's Guis do nearly all that is needed. -- Of what good are dead warriors? … Warriors are those who desire battle more than peace. Those who seek battle despite peace. Those who thump their spears on the ground and talk of honor. Those who leap high the battle dance and dream of glory … The good of dead warriors, Mother, is that they are dead. Sheri S Tepper: The Awakeners.
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Linux needs less fragmentation Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-10-04 14:08 -0700
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation Michael Logies <logies@t-online.de> - 2026-10-04 23:33 +0200
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-05 09:20 +0100
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-10-04 21:44 +0000
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-05 01:53 +0000
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-05 03:14 -0400
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-05 09:28 +0100
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-05 19:20 +0200
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-05 19:43 +0100
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-10-08 15:25 +0100
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-08 15:29 +0100
Re: Linux offers choice, BSD offers fragmentation Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-08 20:59 +0000
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-09 02:42 -0400
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-09 20:47 +0200
Re: Linux offers choice, BSD offers fragmentation Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-09 21:20 +0000
Re: Linux offers choice, BSD offers fragmentation "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-09 23:27 +0200
Re: Linux offers choice, BSD offers fragmentation c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-10 04:01 -0400
Re: Linux offers choice, BSD offers fragmentation c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-11 04:31 -0400
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-10-05 18:57 +0000
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-05 20:08 +0100
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-10-05 20:18 +0000
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-06 08:34 +0100
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-06 11:17 +0100
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-06 23:59 -0400
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-06 14:39 +0000
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-10-06 13:50 -0400
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-05 09:25 +0100
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-05 19:36 +0000
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-05 21:49 +0200
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-06 02:35 +0000
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation Philippe <p.naudin+nntp@free.fr> - 2026-10-06 08:13 +0200
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-06 11:12 +0200
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-06 14:48 +0000
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-05 09:19 +0100
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