LXer: When Linux Distros Are Abandoned

LXer · 02-10-2015, 06:03 PM

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We’ve had some fairly high profile Linux distros fold up their tents and move along. Whether due to a lack of financial support or the project growing larger than a one man dev team can manage, distros do go away. It’s never for a good reason but the fact remains: When a distro ceases to exist, a lot of people get left in the lurch.

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gor0 · 02-10-2015, 06:23 PM

All is consequence of >>> DEBAUCHERY !!!

rokytnji · 02-10-2015, 07:30 PM

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Sad to see distros go, but it is the result of too many distros… and in the long run it is better to have a few dozen stronger great distros (perhaps with more theme or repo add-ons instead of full distros) than hundreds of good but struggling distros.

God, how this line of thought just bugs the crap out of me.

BSA, Royal Enfield, Vincent Black Shadow, Matchless,Hercules,Mustang, Cyclone,Flying Merkel.
Just to name a few.
Because at 1 time. There were as many motorcycle makes and flavors and styles then there are now. There were as many makes and models back in the past as
there are Linux distro flavors now.

Yeah, but too many ,

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good but struggling

choices are bad and should die off so choice becomes limited.

And the world is a poorer place for it.
Who needs choice anyways?
Said the drone.

Miati · 02-10-2015, 07:50 PM

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Sad to see distros go, but it is the result of too many distros… and in the long run it is better to have a few dozen stronger great distros (perhaps with more theme or repo add-ons instead of full distros) than hundreds of good but struggling distros.

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Originally Posted by rokytnji

God, how this line of thought just bugs the crap out of me.

It makes it sound like linux is being run from a central authority who decides which distro's get resources and which don't. Granted it was a comment, not by the author themself.

"Better tighten up that budget, can't have so many loose ends. It's not like just anyone can make a distro."