http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/03/22/dailly-news-gtas-original-design-document/

(it is also linked in the comments of the currently linked article)

I'd love to see Skype come out with a supported, up to date version of their client for Linux first. Oh, and also, not to drop my calls as often. Et cetera.

Mustard/ gravy is a nice to have, but not very useful when the steak and potatoes aren't already on the plate.

When laying claim to a statment that "X is the most important of Y", one would expect that to be backed up my statisitics proving that point.

The only half-serious attempt that the author has made at this is in the 3rd paragraph. And even then, he is merely quoting select figures from distrowatch, without further derivation or detail, let alone an attempt to paint a balanced picture. The rest of the article is basically a listing of the various distros based off debian.

That is precisely what the title of this article should have been: "List of distros based on debian"

Instead, the author has chosen to go for the dramatic, attention grabbing headline - and has in some respects succeeded, in that as he has gotten his article slashdotted.

Nothing interesting here, don't waste your time RTFA, move on.

Mod parent up - (s)he's hit the nail on the head..

With elections looming around the corner, I feel more more like my vote is going to be cast as a choice made between the lesser of two evils, rather than someone I would actually want in power.

Dismal choice to have to make, I tell ya.

Wake me up when this NVIDIA's proposed solution doesn't double my electrical bill and set my computer on fire.

We'll paint it black and market to the death metal crowd.

FTFY

I'm not implying that Apple is the be-all and end-all of computing, but just because you don't perceive value in what they do doesn't mean that the value isn't there.