Sujet : Re: List of 787 MS products
De : ronb02NOSPAM (at) *nospam* gmail.com (RonB)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 29. Oct 2024, 08:14:23
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On 2024-10-29, rbowman <
bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:48:54 -0400, DFS wrote:
>
Right now distrowatch lists 165 active x86_64 desktop Linux distros.
But 8-10 distros make up 90% of Linux desktop users.
What's the lesson here?
>
Any hobbyist can create a distro? What was the one you were touting a
while back that a guy created so his father could easily install it and
play games on Linux?
Exactly. Many distributions are created for specific purposes. There's even
one distribution created just for fixing boot issues, aptly named
"boot-repair-disk."
Choice is good. Open source freedom is good. (Note to Windows users, it's
not "scary" at all.)
-- “Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien