On Monday 17 October 2005 00:09, Alexander Antoniades wrote: > From my perspective exploring Linux over the past couple of years it > has been this "last mile" of communication that has been downfall of > the community-based distribution model.
say what??? > But if I'm someone who's just using 10.0 > everyday, who files bug reports and answers questions in forums, I > really don't have any idea on potential big changes until they are > more or less done. But still considerably more than you'll get with other operating systems.... > This IMHO is the challenge for distributions is to actually build a > true community and not be so top down/insular as to exclude anyone > who's not completely involved in development. And spend so much time asking for comments and trying to take them on board that nothing actually gets released? The Linux kernel community development model is the most relevant - it is run on the benevolent dictator model, and seems to work pretty well. Too many chiefs and not enough braves is bad, but too many braves and no chiefs is even worse. > This is why people > change distributions so much, is because major changes like spatial > nautilus just show up in a new build and there's not much the average > user can do to keep it from happening or even know it's coming. No, it's because many users are scared they'll miss some gee-whiz feature, so they go around various distros checking which has the most gee-whiz features rather than picking one and actually sticking with it to do some everyday work. -- Pob hwyl / Best wishes Kevin Donnelly www.kyfieithu.co.uk - Meddalwedd Rhydd yn Gymraeg www.cymrux.org.uk - Linux Cymraeg ar un CD --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
