[RANT] Linux has a problem.

kailyons

Loralighte

Posted on July 10, 2020

[RANT] Linux has a problem.

I am writing this article to complain, and kinda share what I have been doing recently. Linux has a distribution problem. Not that I am saying Linux is "fragmented" as I don't believe Linux can logically be fragmented. No, I mean Linux is simply just 500 of the same product. I don't mean that as in "We need a distro culling" or "Linux isn't innovating" but my issue is distributions don't do anything different. We are done seeing innovational tools, and Linux is being infected by the GNU plague. Every system is just a wallpaper change, two or three settings if the dev is feeling a little saucy. It is disappointing because as these distributions mostly thrive, actual full-effort distributions are dying. Distributions like Solus, Sabyon, and Slackware are dying because people keep wasting their censoreding time on terrible forks that don't have a purpose. They are a solution without a problem. I despise these distributions. It isn't even that there are too many distributions, I am working on 2 distributions that ARE IN DEVELOPMENT and another that is a FreeBSD fork in the planning, but I am scared for my products because people fall into the depths of devs who threw 5 packages into Ubuntu, packaged it, and called it a day. I work on Rasaturai, a distribution to get away from the GNU ecosystem, and make a distribution of Linux that is built for control over convenience. Ubuntu Lumina Remix is Ubuntu for enthusiasts, to use on any hardware. The FreeBSD fork is planned to be a solid desktop alternative to Linux, and bridging the gap between BSD and Linux. I want to tell you one thing, if you plan to make a distribution, make sure it has ANY purpose that isn't just to exist. Want a desktop system that has a setup of Openbox with Plank to make a lightweight system? That is better than nothing, which most of these distributions are.

💖 💪 🙅 🚩
kailyons
Loralighte

Posted on July 10, 2020

Join Our Newsletter. No Spam, Only the good stuff.

Sign up to receive the latest update from our blog.

Related