Comment Re:which is why (Score 1) 554
There is nothing confusing about selecting your linux distro, nor does it make any kind of sense that you shouldn't be ready to do some research when selecting a product. Why should computer operating systems be exempt from this rule? After all, when you buy a car, shampoo, toilet paper, or any other of myriad of products you need every day, you go through a process of selection and evaluation.
Also, you don't have go through all 300+ distros to select your favorite. A handful of distros make up the main stream and provide everything a regular user could want from his distro. In fact, I'd almost argue that one is not better than the other, at least from a regular user's point of view. To them, it doesn't matter how their internals work. They simply don't care. All they want is a system that provides the functions that they want for their daily usage and all the main stream distros are capable of providing that function.
I would also point out, that competition is generally good for the end user. Anyone with a tiny bit of sense of the business world knows this. In the linux world, this actually works even better than it works in a windows- or mac hegemony, since linux free. Users are free to choose whatever distro they want. So to attract customers, linux distributions must provide better technology and services than their peers. All and all, this is good for the end user.
Also, you don't have go through all 300+ distros to select your favorite. A handful of distros make up the main stream and provide everything a regular user could want from his distro. In fact, I'd almost argue that one is not better than the other, at least from a regular user's point of view. To them, it doesn't matter how their internals work. They simply don't care. All they want is a system that provides the functions that they want for their daily usage and all the main stream distros are capable of providing that function.
I would also point out, that competition is generally good for the end user. Anyone with a tiny bit of sense of the business world knows this. In the linux world, this actually works even better than it works in a windows- or mac hegemony, since linux free. Users are free to choose whatever distro they want. So to attract customers, linux distributions must provide better technology and services than their peers. All and all, this is good for the end user.
