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Which Desktop Distro Will Die First?
Over at NewsForge, Roblimo asks the musical question of which of the several recently released "desktop oriented" Linux distributions won't survive the coming year. It's nice to see user-centric distributions at all, but it really is a niche market for now. Apropos that,
psykocrime writes "The fine folks at UnitedLinux have issued a Press Release announcing UnitedLinux 1.0.
Should be interesting to see whether this sinks or swims, considering the general ambivalence (at best) or even outright hostility (at worst) that most of the talk about United Linux has met, from the Linux community.
Questions about GPL compliance, per-set licensing terms, etc... is this the future or Linux or just another albatross?" And J. J. Ramsey writes "BeyondUnreal reviews not only Xandros Desktop's installation, but also shows what this distro's $99 price tag actually gets you. Read more here. LinuxPlanet also has an in-depth review of its own."
But I bet OSDN won't be around to see it :P
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
its not a troll actually... when i say merge, I don't mean debian, gentoo, mandrake and assholenux. I mean lycoris, lindows and xandros. The distros who all do the same thing and have the same goal: desktop share. Jesus christ, you throw out one word and all of a sudden everyone is screaming "troll, troll". Debian and gentoo aren't exactly going to merge with mandrake or redhat. Why would i even suggest that? I like gentoo. I like mandrake. I've been known to occasionally like red hat. Debian i'm not too keen on, but to each their own. They all have their own unique little niche. Lindows, Xandros and Lyrcoris? They have the same fucking niche.
can't sleep slashdot will eat me
The sooner we get rid of all these stupid special-purpose and commercial distributions, the sooner people will realize that ALL the legitimate money in Open Source software is found in consulting and services. We only need ONE popular Linux distribution: Debian. And before anyone goes flaming me for being a "debian elitist" or starts criticizing how Debian's installer sucks and is unsuitable for home users, consider this: Debian is the only distribution that is fully community-driven. It is the only distribution with a formalized policy and social contract. It is one of the oldest distributions and has a solid track record in security and timeliness. The size and popularity of the project is growing rapidly--Debian now packages far more software than ANY other distribution.
And yes, now that Debian has begun to move far beyond its "techie-core" roots, there is a large interest in developing newbie-friendly installers and system maintenance utilities. Interested? Get coding! (: