Torvalds Rejects One-Size-Fits-All Linux

Barence writes "Linus Torvalds has rejected the argument that Linux developers should pool their resources behind a single distribution. 'I think multiple distributions aren't just a good thing, I think it's something absolutely required. We have hundreds of distros, and a lot of them are really for niche markets. And you need that — simply because different markets simply have different requirements, and no single distro will take care of them all.' The calls from the Linux community have been growing due to Linux's failure to show significant market share growth."

Oh no!!

[$RANDOMLUSER]

Yet another distro. Anybody have a link where we can download this One-Size-Fits-All Linux?

How about...

[Emperor Skull]

Linux Starter
Linux Home Basic
Linux Home Premium
Linux Business
Linux Enterprise
Linux Ultimate

Re:What the hell

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, Microsoft is the perfect example as to how to fail at capturing market share.

Re:One size fits all

[jimwelch]

THE obvious choice has changed over the years. THE right decision is wrong several years later. So who gets to make the call?

• Big Brother Government? - They do some much perfectly.
• A Standard Organization? - They handled office file format standard so well.
• Stock Market? - They can no longer afford anything.
• The United Nations? - Which language version?
• An Internet Poll? - so scientific
• Free Market Choice? currently in use.
• Cowboy Neal?

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Re:./: when Vista does this it's a disaster

[jamesmcm]

./ article

I'm not familiar with this dotslash website.

Re:No its just that :

[ethana2]

alias frigging='gksu' alias fricking='sudo' alias install='sudo apt-get install' alias uninstall='sudo apt-get remove' alias check-update='sudo apt-get update' alias update='sudo apt-get upgrade' alias murder='sudo killall' alias get='wget' alias GET='sudo wget' alias enter='cd' alias up='cd ..' alias home='cd ~/' alias unmount='umount' alias restart='sudo shutdown -r now'

Re:"Failure to show significant market growth"

[commodoresloat]

He's right! Linux has secretly taken over the desktop while pretending to have little to no market share. Most everyone uses Linux these days, it just doesn't show up on these web tracker thingies.

Re:No its just that :

[surgen]

>Will it default to KDE or to Gnome? >Then you could worry about whether emacs, vi, or something else >bikeshedding about the icons and default themes. >list of things "everybody" agrees should be in the T1TDD I don't see why this is really a problem, everybody with an opinion knows what they're going to use, then you use have the package manger report on what has the most installs and ship with those by default.

Re:No its just that :

[Spatial]

You want a desktop on a 500 mHz computer? apt-get install xfce

Indeed! XFCE is running fine on my 500 millihertz, hydraulic logic-gate CPU. :)

NOT like god!

[CarpetShark]

Linux distributions are like god

No they're not. They're like very naughty boys.

Re:Oh no!!

[shutdown -p now]

Chances of this happening however...

... are about as high as the chances of not having a breakdown during `emerge -u world` within one week.

Re:Before you start screaming about this.

[sdguero]

okay, i'm a hardcore debian user, i know how to compile my own kernel,

Last time I checked, knowing how to compile a kernel does NOT make someone a "hardcore user"

Re:Before you start screaming about this.

[Jurily]

Last time I checked, knowing how to compile a kernel does NOT make someone a "hardcore user"

It does on debian. On gentoo, it's pretty much the standard. Also, we rival an XP install on the number of reboots required. "Oops, I need lm_sensors. Silly me."

Re:Before you start screaming about this.

[khanyisa]

Last time I checked, knowing how to compile a kernel does NOT make someone a "hardcore user"

I think you mean knowing how to get a computer to compile a kernel. If you actually know how to compile a kernel yourself, without any machine assistance, I'd rank you a "hardcore user" alright.