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> Linux really just needs to adopt AppImage Do you understand that there isn't some unitary organization called "Linux" putting out all these different OSes li
by School-Cotton 4y ago
> Linux really just needs to adopt AppImage
Do you understand that there isn't some unitary organization called "Linux" putting out all these different OSes like Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.?
- SkyMarshal 4y agoOf course, Linux community consensus was obviously implied there, didn’t think I needed to spell it out for the HN crowd.
- School-Cotton 4y agoOkay. Why should the Linux community care about this? It is not a business trying to sell something to as many people as possible. It’s a diverse set of people and companies each working on whatever is important to them. If consumers want consumer-level support, they can buy a Mac. What’s the problem?
- SkyMarshal 4y agoBecause the Linux community also cares about expanding freedom- and privacy-respecting general purpose computing to as broad a user base as possible. Simplifying the user experience is a necessary, but not necessarily sufficient, requirement for that.
- School-Cotton 4y ago> Because the Linux community also cares about expanding freedom- and privacy-respecting general purpose computing to as broad a user base as possible. This is, at most, a niche fraction of the Linux community. Most people and companies involved with Linux care that it works for their own needs, not about abstract "software freedom" ideologies.