Quo vadis, Linux distribution?

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Last week’s DistroWatch Weekly might have been thin on content, but it still managed to generate a record number of readers’ comments. The news about Ubuntu Christian Edition (UCE), combined with the link to a Linux distro timeline, produced a large number of opinions, many of which were rather philosophical. How many distributions does the Linux world need? And what exactly is a distribution, as opposed to just an edition of another distribution? Why is it that there are so many developers who feel inclined to start their own project instead of joining another, more established one?

Link: distrowatch.com

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