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This is quite a long-running project, and has tens of thousands of man-hours invested in it. Yet you, taking several seconds to post an Internet comment, declar
by benbenolson 7y ago
This is quite a long-running project, and has tens of thousands of man-hours invested in it. Yet you, taking several seconds to post an Internet comment, declare it a "half-assed Linux distro," without even having properly read the website.
The Elementary OS project develops many of their own applications, have multiple custom themes, does relentless work ensuring available packages are stable and usable for each release, and they have their own DE. Also, many of the applications that weren't specifically made by the project were inspired by the project to be further developed-- thus boosting their userbase and volunteer developers.
Now, think what you will about the project, but this isn't a valid criticism.
- jstewartmobile 7y agoTotally a valid criticism. Elementary is based on Ubuntu, which is based on Debian, which is based on Linux. Most of the value in that chain is the work of others. Last I checked, debian.org & kernel.org don't have a "Pay What You Want" button above the fold. Debian is awesome. Linux is awesome. I'm not going to tip my hat to some guy putting skins on Debian and charging for it.
- RussianCow 7y agoEverything is ultimately built on the work of others. Do you call Brave or Vivaldi "half-assed" because they didn't write their own browser engine from scratch? The fact that they didn't start at zero doesn't make their contribution any less meaningful.
- asjw 7y agoLinux, which is based on UNIX and implements POSIX BTW without x86 there would be no Linux and what about the Von Neumann architecture? How far back should we have to go? Elementary doesn't even force you to pay, you can use it for free (as in freedom as well)
- girvo 7y agoThis is the quintessential “HN Middebrow Dismissal”. Good to know they’re still alive and strong here. “Just a skin” is absolute crap.