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I've shared the same exact frustration for over a decade now. One of Linux's greatest strengths gives rise to it's biggest weakness- fragmentation. "I disagree
by kpU8efre7r 8y ago
I've shared the same exact frustration for over a decade now. One of Linux's greatest strengths gives rise to it's biggest weakness- fragmentation.
"I disagree with x design decision, I'll make my own distro"
It's like there is so much rope that the community can't help but hang itself. The talent is spread across dozens of distros each with their own ethos and design direction. Every new distro hurts Linux as a whole at this point.
- sl1ck731 8y agoI never considered this before. If all the major players were consolidated we would have a kick-ass desktop experience. Now I'm sad. I imagine browser-based development environments will be polished enough for me to use by the time any desktop distribution holds my attention long enough to use as a daily driver.
- kgwxd 8y agoOne persons kick-ass desktop is another persons needlessly slow, flow killing, eye-sore. DEs haven't needed any new features since 1995. Browser based productivity software is the second leading cause of global warming.
- hactually 8y agoI wonder how many people would Patreon/sponsor developers to do a Linux OS properly? I am happy to throw money towards it - I think it would have to be built on ostree, flatpack, Gnome 3 and Systemd to get anywhere close to a modern development desktop. Anyone else interested in putting money where their mouth is?
- kgwxd 8y agoI will, if you just take out the systemd part ;)
- chithanh 8y agoThe problem of Linux package management has been solved, and the solution is not flatpak (nor snap). It is Nix/Guix. About the user experience, I'm right there with Linus that Chrome OS is the way to go forward. And this opinion is not new btw., he already voiced it way back when he got his first Chromebooks.