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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Too many Linux distributions?
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>> | In the end, there isn?t any advantage to having only one dominant Linux
>> | distribution either.
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> Its completely fallacious.
> You release your one and only dominant Linux distribution
> and I'll release mine!!!!
Exactly.
'Gold standard' Red Hat -> Mandrake -> Mandriva
Debian -> Ubuntu -> Mint...
>> Yes, new users wouldn?t be confused and there would
>> | be only one way to install software, making it easier for package
>> | maintainers. But what would be the point? To lure in new users? To take
>> | on Windows and OS X? Why? There?s this feeling among some people that
>> | Linux HAS to grow, that it HAS to become the dominant OS, because it?s
>> | (arguably) so much better. I don?t agree. It would be nice if some
>> | people knew that the answer to their virus-ridden problems is freely
>> | available, but that?s all. Otherwise, let people use what they?re happy
>> | with.
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>> http://celettu.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/too-many-linux-distributions/
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