On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:25:03 +0800 Guang Chao <[email protected]> wrote:
> But on the downside, open source is so fragmented. See how many > distro there are. How many desktop manager. How many projects doing > the same thing. Instead of the large majority focusing on only few > good ones, programmers are scattered doing their own version of what > they want. To me, this is the best thing about Open Source: The "fragmentation". I'll bet you few on this list would enjoy using Slackware or Funtoo. I doubt many Slackware or Funtoo people would enjoy Xubuntu. All work great, when they fit your workflow. As far as Desktop Managers, I bet there are 20 or more great ones out there. On my Daily Drive Desktop I use Openbox plus dmenu. LXDE on my laptops. I have friends who love KDE. No single user interface would satisfy us both. I have friends who use twm and fvwm. That's too close to the metal for my taste, but they love them. I recently moved to Devuan and Void Linux because I don't want systemd on my computer. No problem, Open Source gives us the choices we need to have the computers we want. You mentioned focusing only on the few good ones. I'd say they're all good, except the ones that crash and surprise. I'm glad we have all these choices. SteveT Steve Litt July 2017 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz -- xubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
