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In Defense of Distro-hopping
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| It's doubly important for contributors who
| participate in FLOSS projects, especially
| distro development, to have a good hop now and
| again. Cross-pollination is one of the things
| that make open source great. Without frequent
| and repeated exposure to other distros and
| software, it's too easy to get locked into the
| idea that there's One True Way.
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http://ostatic.com/blog/in-defense-of-distro-hopping
FOSDEM'10: distributions and downstream-upstream collaboration
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| For the first time in its ten-year history,
| FOSDEM didn't organize individual developer
| rooms per distribution, but it opted for a
| joint 'mini-conference' in two distribution
| developer rooms, with talks that specifically
| target interoperability between distributions,
| governance, common issues that distributions
| are facing, and working with upstream
| projects. A couple of them piqued your
| author's interest.
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http://lwn.net/Articles/374737/
Recent:
The number of Linux distros - A strength or weakness?
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| So to sum it up, I don't agree per se that
| the number of Linux distros is either a good
| thing or a bad one. It is just a matter of
| available choices to satisfy different needs
| of different people from different parts of
| the globe.
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http://www.ghabuntu.com/2010/02/number-of-linux-distros-strength-or.html
Fragmentation good for the user, says Nokia
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| Fragmentation within mobile platforms helps handset manufacturers
| and software developers to properly address customers' needs, a
| senior Nokia executive has said.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10013788o-2000331761b,00.htm
Distribution Variation
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| I could use one variant that let
| me choose my desktop environment and applications during
| install time. The installer could use either a network
| repository, or on disc repository depending on the ISO file.
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http://elevenislouder.blogspot.com/2009/09/distribution-variation.html
Torvalds rejects one-size-fits-all Linux
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| Linus Torvalds has rejected the argument that Linux developers should pool
| their resources behind a single distribution.
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/246534/torvalds-rejects-onesizefitsall-linux.html
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