Re: Diversity - good or bad ?

On 1/11/25 7:13 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 11/01/2025 03:23, Steve Hayes wrote:

On Fri, 10 Jan 2025 21:17:50 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen
<lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> wrote:
>

Those days are over. No more aftermarket car radios, since
entertainment, navigation, climate control and other dashboard
functions became integrated.

>
The real question then, is: Has the seame thing happened with Linux
distributions?
>

Not really. Packages pretty much work on all linux distros and the difference is usually in the UI.
Its a standard engine and chassis (frame), but you can get it with fluffy dice and chrome plated wheels and tailfins, if you want

   Heh ... was watching "Commando Cody" in "Radar Men From The Moon"
   the other day. The moon villains sent a sort of 'tank' to chase
   him around ... it had tail-fins  :-)

 

Is it good or bad?
>

To what objective standards of excellence?

   It's more subjective. You can get perfectly good and
   reliable performance for most any need from ANY Linux
   or BSD installation. However they all have a somewhat
   different "look & feel", even beyond just the desktops.
   Find one YOU like - that makes it "best".

When talking about electricity generation we know what is good (for consumers anyway), and that is reliable 24x7 electricity delivered to your consumer unit at the lowest possible cost to you and the lowest effect on the environment.
 If you go down that rabbit hole with a slide rule the answer comes up as multiple instances of a solid reliable standardised nuclear reactors.
 And  no fucking wind or solar WHATSOEVER.

   You REALLY hate solar, don't you ?
   Well, USA, a lot of power companies have built HUGE
   solar farms. The idea isn't to replace the hardware
   power plants but to add daytime grid capacity when
   the load tends to be highest. No 'storage' needed.
   This way they don't need to build new plants. Solar
   is E-Z add-on too.