Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on November 19, 2006 05:42 PM
I don't think too many distros is a problem. If we had to narrow it down to one what would happen to innovative stuff like Gentoo, ArchLinux, Damn Small Linux to name just a few?
Even if someone could force developers to be constrained by one code base, packager/package manager, etc. which one is best? That depends on your goal. Innovation comes from not just the freedom to develop the software in any direction but actually doing it.
Yes we've got a lot of "me too" distros that bring little or nothing new but they will remain on the fringes and the developers will probably use what they learn to build on to more mainstream distros eventually. The skills learned maintaining a distro can be useful. Lead maintainers don't just hatch from eggs, they have to learn their skills.
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Re:Ignore it
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on November 19, 2006 05:42 PMEven if someone could force developers to be constrained by one code base, packager/package manager, etc. which one is best? That depends on your goal. Innovation comes from not just the freedom to develop the software in any direction but actually doing it.
Yes we've got a lot of "me too" distros that bring little or nothing new but they will remain on the fringes and the developers will probably use what they learn to build on to more mainstream distros eventually. The skills learned maintaining a distro can be useful. Lead maintainers don't just hatch from eggs, they have to learn their skills.
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