On 06/04/2015 10:09 AM, KatolaZ wrote:
On Thu, Jun 04, 2015 at 09:51:36AM -0400, Clarke Sideroad wrote:
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With all the effort that has gone into this so far it deserves to be
a major distro and it would appear to this guy watching from the
fringe that the necessary brain power is here, but without a
noticeably sized user base it will be seen through the eyes of
blogger/journalist filtered history as the few weirdos who couldn't
face the "future of computing".
Do not forget the bigger picture.
Debian has been a major distro for almost 20 years now, is the largest
homogeneous package base in the free software arena, has inspired
literally thousands of other distributions, and has never installed
non-free stuff by default, or recommended the usage of third-party
proprietary video drivers, or promoted the installation of non-free
firmware...
I just don't see the problem in continuing along this path. This is
not what will kill Devuan, by any means.
My2Cents
The computer world that Ian Murdock introduced Debian to is a whole lot
different than we now face.
I started playing with Red Hat Linux 19 years ago and with Debian 16
years ago with a 486, so I do a reasonable idea of how things have
changed along the way.
Up until very recently I have been a long term committed Debian user
despite trying alternatives regularly, how much of that is due to the
"devil I know" it is hard to say, but I'm sure it is a factor in my case
and probably a lot of others.
The big question id how would Debian fare as brand new distribution today?
That is really where Devuan sits, it is a fork of Debian, _it is not
Debian_.
The success of Devuan is in the public interest, a good portion of the
public need to be able to use it.
My thoughts, I got rid of cents, so now they are worth nothing or a Nickel.
Clarke
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