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That roots part in grassroots means something.
by varjag 2y ago
That roots part in grassroots means something.
- Gud 2y agoYes, but I don't think it means what you think it means? Just because Linux was developed by basement dwelling hackers 20+ years ago, doesn't make it a grassroots project. Arguably, the only somewhat mainstream operating systems today that deserve that label are the *BSDs. Haiku OS gets an honorable mention but I wouldn't consider Haiku OS to be mainstream.
- varjag 2y agoIt quite literally makes it a grassroots project. > Arguably, the only somewhat mainstream operating systems today that deserve that label are the *BSDs. I think the word you're looking for is 'sidelined'.
- wkat4242 2y agoMeh not really. I'm running BSD with the very latest software. KDE, Firefox, Chrome, LibreOffice. All rolling unlike most Linux distros. I really don't care how 'big' my OS is. But yeah grassroots was perhaps not the right term. I meant the status quo, not the origin. I don't know what the right word is then though.