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But why not work collaboratively to improve the existing one? I understand the package manager, please if possible share the groups links or anything pointing i

But why not work collaboratively to improve the existing one? I understand the package manager, please if possible share the groups links or anything pointing in the direction, i would like to explore. Thanks

masswerk 8y ago
Possibly, the BSD community is more like what you're looking for. It may be a matter of top-down vs bottom-up philosophy (i.e., control).
- Mad_Fury 8y ago
  I asked the question because of Distro Watch, i was always wondering why are there so many Linux Distros, why not work on just a few Distros United, while enabling the modularity where each group would have a piece of their vision while enabling the users to chose which one they would use, could this fragmentation be the cause for the lack of Linux presence on the Desktop? Rather than uniting the forces, and building experiences on top of functionality, they each build their own experience their own way in hopes of attracting users... Thanks
  - exikyut 8y ago
    I'd say this is due to - disagreements/factions - wanting the satisfaction and validation of building something yourself - implementational conflict with existing systems Sometimes the validation thing is due to ego, sometimes it's because the journey of building a new system is useful in itself. In the case of the distro I want to create (:P) it's because the (very simple) ideas I have conflict with the way things are commonly done, so I'm going to have to set out on my own. It'll be fun though. Users in my case will be a headache because then it won't be a fun personal project. I just want to solve my own frustrations. And "Linux on the desktop" has been a meme for years. It'll never happen until Linux achieves cohesiveness, aka never, full-stop. (Took Microsoft a while to figure that and build WSL...) NB, I don't see an email or other contact details in your bio. I could let you know when I finally do get around to starting w/ that distro.
exikyut 8y ago
It's easier to start again than to build anew in a lot of cases. You'd need to pay me to stare at and figure out existing code; few people (especially nowadays) have the attention span to invest 6 hours in fixing a tiny glitch they deal with every 2 months, but such impulsive development/drive-by patching is what fuels >50% of OSS development. As for the group thing, you're basically describing distros there. Commercial vendors provide value-adds such as security patching and corporate-focused features around a community-derived base system.

masswerk 8y ago

Possibly, the BSD community is more like what you're looking for. It may be a matter of top-down vs bottom-up philosophy (i.e., control).

Mad_Fury 8y ago
I asked the question because of Distro Watch, i was always wondering why are there so many Linux Distros, why not work on just a few Distros United, while enabling the modularity where each group would have a piece of their vision while enabling the users to chose which one they would use, could this fragmentation be the cause for the lack of Linux presence on the Desktop? Rather than uniting the forces, and building experiences on top of functionality, they each build their own experience their own way in hopes of attracting users... Thanks
- exikyut 8y ago
  I'd say this is due to - disagreements/factions - wanting the satisfaction and validation of building something yourself - implementational conflict with existing systems Sometimes the validation thing is due to ego, sometimes it's because the journey of building a new system is useful in itself. In the case of the distro I want to create (:P) it's because the (very simple) ideas I have conflict with the way things are commonly done, so I'm going to have to set out on my own. It'll be fun though. Users in my case will be a headache because then it won't be a fun personal project. I just want to solve my own frustrations. And "Linux on the desktop" has been a meme for years. It'll never happen until Linux achieves cohesiveness, aka never, full-stop. (Took Microsoft a while to figure that and build WSL...) NB, I don't see an email or other contact details in your bio. I could let you know when I finally do get around to starting w/ that distro.

exikyut 8y ago

It's easier to start again than to build anew in a lot of cases. You'd need to pay me to stare at and figure out existing code; few people (especially nowadays) have the attention span to invest 6 hours in fixing a tiny glitch they deal with every 2 months, but such impulsive development/drive-by patching is what fuels >50% of OSS development. As for the group thing, you're basically describing distros there. Commercial vendors provide value-adds such as security patching and corporate-focused features around a community-derived base system.