Which Linux distro will keep original Unix tradition (X11, SysV,...) ?
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This thread is quite simple. Linux has nicely evolved, and visibly many things are changing. It is likely that some code will no longer work in future. X11 will not be in future, so, all those work on WMs will be wasted. Anyhow, this is how free sofware get more "modern". Which Linux distro will always keep the original Unix tradition (X11, gcc, libx11-dev, xmotif (or gtk2.0), Alsa, SysV,...)? Best regards |
My guess is that Slackware will hold out the longest.
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Slackware of course
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I can't disagree with the above posters.
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Linux is completely doomed by programmers/testers, that make the rules, without concerning fun and research on X11. |
Is there any distro that will not go to wayland?
GENTOO? |
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after all it's them that write the code and create the applications - and not the forever-ranting "yesterday was better than today" fanbois. don't get me wrong, i, too have an opinion, but i know that i don't have the coding prowess to do sth about it (or only at a very, very humble level). but, fortunately gnu/linux has always been about choice and configurability, and i don't see that going away. |
Distros that are Unix-like and derivatives. Some or all may change over time. As Jimi Hendrix said, "who knows!"
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The BSDs tend to follow the Unix tradition much better than Linux. However, even Unix changed over time. SystemV was at one time a new thing, there was no init.d and there were only the rc#.d directories. There weren't any package managers, and everything was built by hand. Not only that, there weren't these combined packages like Coreutils and Util-Linux.
Tradition is good. Stagnation is not... If some of the current "new thing" projects end up creating more trouble than they are worth, people will gravitate away and someone will make something better. Until then, it's a game of wait and see. One thing is for certain though: complaining about this project or that project won't make people stop using it nor will it make those projects go away. |
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@ondoho
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Just like windows. Also, coding isn't nearly as hard as it looks. If you can write a functional script in bash, you posses 70% (roughly) of what you need to know. You understand logic and flow control, the rest is primarily syntax and data structures (and libraries.. based on which language you're coding in their called modules/gems/libraries etc. You just have to read the directions for each one you want to use and tinker with it until it does what you expect, it's kinda fun). Quote:
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One question though.... why do you think the Gnu compiler collection is going way? Is their a better way to compile object oriented C ? |
Crux will probably stay with the old technology. It still uses LILO to boot! The init is BSD because it's simpler and faster than Sysv. The officially supported desktop is openbox. You can have other desktops, even gnome and kde if you want them, but only from unofficial repositories.
The Crux USP is simplicity, making for speed. I doubt if it will ever accommodate itself to systemd or even GRUB. |
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