Sujet : Re: Distros specifically designed for children
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.miscDate : 27. May 2025, 23:31:08
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On Tue, 27 May 2025 11:49:36 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:
On 2025-05-27, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
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On Mon, 26 May 2025 11:14:02 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:
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We would have 1,000 distros without this mentality.
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Is that a good or a bad thing?
Do'h!, I meant we would NOT have 1,000 distros! The fragementations
into different distros, different methods of packaging, different ways
of storing and configuring is overall, a hindrance. Its a fake
"choice", because for the vast majority of people, who cares?
That’s the kind of attitude the Communists had. There were these stories
of defectors from the USSR, back in Cold War days, being completely
bewildered by their first visit to a Western-style supermarket. Why do you
need a dozen brands of bath soap, or a dozen kinds of toothpaste, they
would ask? Soap is soap, and toothpaste is toothpaste, isn’t it?
Moral: those who are brought up under a regime that doesn’t give them a
choice, often find it difficult to adapt to having freedom of choice.
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