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Linux Distributors Work Towards Desktop Standards

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lets-get-together-and-feel-alright dept.

WebHostingGuy wrote to mention an MSNBC article discussing a move by several Linux distributors to standardize on a set of components for desktop versions of the operating system. From the article: "The standard created by the Free Standards Group should make it easier for developers to write applications that will work on Linux versions from different distributors. Linux has a firm foothold as an operating system for servers -- it's popular for hosting Web sites, for instance -- but has only a few percent of the desktop market."

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  1. Maybe you should toke a bit yourself by heinousjay · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Only M$ would try to turn this choice into a disadvantage.

    Only a zealot would reply to a general comment about developer motivation into a pro-Linux/anti-Microsoft screed with no connection to the parent.

    Also, the M$ thing stopped making the point you want to make somewhere around the time Penny Arcade lampooned it so effectively. (I would link to it, but it seems to have vanished into the magical rails implementation that plagues that site.) You win no hearts and no minds with such rhetoric.

    I guess what I'm saying is: calm down a little, and you may find your message is accepted much more widely. I say this as someone who believes you have a good message, so I offer this as friendly advice, not as a troll intending to insult you or anything you believe in.

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  2. Re:What are you smoking? by willyhill · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ah twitter, I'm really looking forward to your reply to the other post. Really looking forward to it.

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