The Convenient Fiction of Distributions
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| I am increasingly convinced all of the arguments between Linux distributions
| are going to become moot very soon. If they aren't there already.
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| Not that I have anything against diversity, mind you. I have (and will)
| actively support the right to create and use any Linux distribution you want.
| My concern is, I think the distributions are becoming so similar in their
| construction, and the differences between them so subtle, the whole notion of
| distribution superiority is completely moot.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2007-11-30-020-26-OP-CY-SW
Yesterday:
Google's Android: A Shot in the Arm for Mobile Linux? ABI Research Answers
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| "Android provides a ready-made ecosystem of vendors, carriers, and software
| developers that could provide enormous economy-of-scale right from the
| start," explains Stuart Carlaw, ABI Research director.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS34522+30-Nov-2007+BW20071130
Related:
The distro jungle
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| People who are new to Linux are often confused by the large number of
| distributions to choose from. The good news is that you can safely ignore
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| most of them. This article helps you choose a distribution for getting
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^
| started with your Linux exploration—and helps you understand just what
| it is you've just chosen.
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http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linux-distros/?S_TACT=105AGX59&S_CMP=GR&ca=dgr-btw01distrojungle
[compiz] update on xdevconf07 and beryl situation
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| I had the chance to talk to Quinn Storm from the beryl project during
| xdevconf. I would have hoped that the current situation with beryl could
| be improved but it seems like Quinn at least isn't interested in that.
| However, after talking to Quinn it's very clear to me that the fork was
| partially motivated by assumptions that were wrong.
|
| One assumption is that compiz is some kind of Novell controlled project
| that Novell will move in whatever direction it wants. This is completely
| wrong. I started the project and no one at Novell has ever told me in
| which direction it should go.
|
| [...]
|
| Beryl includes temporary solutions and workarounds that paper over
| issues in the overall infrastructure. I've been very unwilling to
| include such things in compiz as I believe that it hurts the open source
| desktop as it hides the real issues and I don't want to do that for my
| own projects benefit. Helping other projects by fixing issues where they
| should be fixed is how we make the open source desktop unbeatable.
| Temporary solutions can be maintained outside the official tree or in
| branches for those who need them.
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http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2007-February/001413.html
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