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Going against the grain here: we don't need so many / still more distros

• embedding-shape 10mo ago
  Going against whatever hole that perspective came from: We don't have nearly enough distributions, we need more distributions with strong opinions, new solutions and just "far out there" ideas.
  • hexbin010 10mo ago
    > whatever hole that perspective came from Rude (A perspective based on 25 years of using Linux fwiw)
    • embedding-shape 10mo ago
      It's a hole because it's pessimistic, borderline antagonistic and against more user choices. I guess the hacker in me just feels weird reading someone wanting less choices on a forum for curious hackers.
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• kachapopopow 10mo ago
  so we should just have 2-3 distros monopolize the world? hmm I think i'd rather keep having new distros pop out challenging the current quota.
  • hexbin010 10mo ago
    I didn't say that. Silly strawman
    • kachapopopow 10mo ago
      That is the natural place it would end up at if new distros stopped being made as some would start dying off and you're basically just left with fedora, arch, debian while everything else fades with time. Not to mention that distros like catchy help to push these changes into mainline.