On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 04:05:34PM -0800, Eric Altendorf wrote: > 5) Too many options, different software packages, incompatibilities, > versions, version release schedules thereof, different tools for > accomplishing the same task
This, definitely. It's possible for a coordinated team to get a system just right and internally consistent. It probably isn't the system you want, however, which is why source dists are so appealing--you are the majority factor of the coordinating team, in theory. (In fact, this requires you have time and programming skills, and that the source dist developers are testing the common options people will use. That rarely happens.) Still, MacOS X, Solaris (on Sun hardware), and IRIX are good examples of internally consistent systems that Just Work for their intended purpose with the default setup. The closest Linux gets to that are the things like Knoppix, assuming your hardware is reasonably predictable. I'm liking Ubuntu so far, but it shows some niggles. Nothing a former Debian developer can't handle. _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
