United Linux: Two Years Later

ajs writes "In November 2002 everyone who wasn't Red Hat was gathering behind a banner that many thought would spell the beginning of a new chapter in the Unix Wars. That banner was called United Linux. Much has changed in the Linux world since then, and some Founding Partners in the United Linux camp have decided that there are other ways to change the market. Thankfully there are more level headed members of that group. Today, we're not so focused on the differences between Linux distributions, Sun's rants, the aforementioned lawsuits and ever-present, market-gobbling Microsoft keep everyone focused and united enough as it is, and United Linux has begun to fade into memory. So what has United Linux done? Well, it unified three distributions at least, focused attention on Linux standards and made hardware vendors feel a bit less lost when writing drivers for Linux, so it wasn't all a loss. Alas, according the the United Linux site, "There are no plans for a version 2.0 at this time.""

Comments

Re:Bullshit.

[halivar]

What is singularly unimportant is your damn opinion that all linux users should buy XBoxes!

I didn't say all Linux users should get XBoxes. I said if games are so important you, then you should get one (or a PS2, or GameCube, or whatever). Professional Linux users (the vast majority of Linux users) don't give a damn about your video games.

Besides, since when was linux made for big business jackasses?

Since the big business jackasses started funding its development and paying to people that write the kernel.

Re:The reason why linux isn't strong on the deskto

[halivar]

I'm one of the "professionals" you mentioned and I spent my day surrounded by other "professionals", and guess what? We all play games.

I play video games, too. I love video games. I have a PS2, and therefore have no further need for Windows on my desktop.

I eat my own dogfood, see? ;)

Re:Article, or paragraph with links?

[LegionX]

Yeah.. Arafat Linux being moot now