Hi, > In other words, Thomas is right, we need "1 Linux". Not one distro, but > one set of standards people can write packages and installers to. Just to clarify - I do not actually feel that we need "1 linux". I'm just saying that the reason things aren't as easy as on mac is because there is not just "1 linux". Personally, I'm completely fine with linux being a thriving ecosystem, and for daily use I stick to using Fedora + extras, knowing that this is a window on the larger ecosystem that Just Works. So what I'm saying is that user should choose their own "1 linux", be it fedora, ubuntu, suse, .... and live within the boundaries of that. I personally feel that homogenizing distros to the point where they're pretty much the same is a bad thing - I like how stuff gets fed back between distros and how some distros have different focus points and the good approaches tend to end up in all of them. In reality, Mac is not just "1 os" either, there's still plenty of people working on macos8, 9, ... Thomas Dave/Dina : future TV today ! - http://www.davedina.org/ <-*- thomas (dot) apestaart (dot) org -*-> "Two million women and only one Flasheart..." <-*- thomas (at) apestaart (dot) org -*-> URGent, best radio on the net - 24/7 ! - http://urgent.fm/ -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
