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Of course... every distro becomes the same once you remove their defaults. You can run RPM on debian and APT on fedora. You can compile everything from source o
by mappu 15y ago
Of course... every distro becomes the same once you remove their defaults. You can run RPM on debian and APT on fedora. You can compile everything from source on ubuntu and copy binary packages to your gentoo install. You can use ubuntu repositories on debian and vice versa. Amazingly enough, i have the freedom to kill explorer on windows and use an alternative shell+panel there too. The fact remains that Canonical are integrating "the social web" into their desktop and shipping it to you.
At some point you have to make a distinction between the desktop environment, and the increasingly meaningless term "operating system"; once you stray from the defaults, there's no point distinguishing between distros at all.
- derleth 15y ago> every distro becomes the same once you remove their defaults You can remove some of the defaults and not all of them. For example, I still use the default Ubuntu package repos. I'm still getting value out of the default Ubuntu system without needing to run every single default.
- mappu 15y agoYes. There's a finite distance you can run this train of thought, but i'll continue: At what point does your system stop being Ubuntu, and start being identical to someone's WindowMaker distro, customised to use ubuntu repos? (Lots of desktop debian users add ubuntu repos for the occasional package.)