Comment Almost like tabloid journalism (Score 1) 32
I was one of the people qouted in the article. The qoutes were not exactly in line, but what can you do.
Anyway, I have been using GNU/Linux since .99pl10 so I think I have bit of an understanding of the Linux community.
I agree with you that for a single user making changes on your system like adding newer glibc libraries is not a huge burden. I don't like having to do things like that, but it is doable.
As an admin, I most certainly would not want to have to keep track of the 3-4 distros to make sure things will work. This would only add up on the 4 different commericial UNIXs I already maintain.
I know many companies that use GNU/Linux and have developed policies in which they only support one distro (usually redhat). As a user I know the importance of choosing your favorite distro. Thus, I wouldn't want to take this away from the people I support. The LSB, if it works, should take care of this, but I definitely think these are issues the community needs face at some point. Especially with the rate of commercial vendors getting involved. On a side note, this is where the FreeBSD developement process is superior.
Anyway, I have been using GNU/Linux since
I agree with you that for a single user making changes on your system like adding newer glibc libraries is not a huge burden. I don't like having to do things like that, but it is doable.
As an admin, I most certainly would not want to have to keep track of the 3-4 distros to make sure things will work. This would only add up on the 4 different commericial UNIXs I already maintain.
I know many companies that use GNU/Linux and have developed policies in which they only support one distro (usually redhat). As a user I know the importance of choosing your favorite distro. Thus, I wouldn't want to take this away from the people I support. The LSB, if it works, should take care of this, but I definitely think these are issues the community needs face at some point. Especially with the rate of commercial vendors getting involved. On a side note, this is where the FreeBSD developement process is superior.
