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The shift happened when people became less ideological and more practical/expedient/impatient. As someone whose been using Linux since the 0.9x days, Linux was
by ksk 10y ago
The shift happened when people became less ideological and more practical/expedient/impatient. As someone whose been using Linux since the 0.9x days, Linux was always about ideology, not technology. It helped that the kernel at some point became 'good enough' , but that was never the point of installing Linux on everything. Its hard to maintain that kind of intensity as a single individual, much less as a collective. At some point, people burn out or lose their drive. But I'm optimistic that it will be back.
- cr0sh 10y ago> At some point, people burn out or lose their drive. Or grow older. I started playing with Linux around 1995 - first distro I tried was "Monkey Linux" (ugh!). Eventually moved on to Turbo Linux 2.0, then Redhat 4.2 (IIRC), then SuSE... Anyhow - maybe not since the beginning, but long enough. I was a lot younger then, and perhaps more idealistic than today. But I do agree with the OP that we need to return to our roots on this, and get that drive back. ...and I agree with you that it will be back. Maybe it should start with us first.