On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:57 PM, P.B. pb@fsfe.org wrote:
Fixing Linux: What's Broken And What To Do About It"
http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/linux/showArticle.jhtml?article...
It contains a few arguments that are actually true and something everyone who's using Linux has thought/complained/or hoped for at least once. (I'll put myself mainly on the list of "packaging" and "audio" problems)
These are things often noticed immediately by newcomers to the GNU/Linux world, and I must admit that I'd often be happy to have better solutions than the currently existing "freedom of choice incompatibility happiness".
What's your opinion about the issues mentioned there?
Linux is just a kernel. Everything on top of it are meshed into an OS though having different ways to really allow different solutions (flavours) for individuals and organisations.
I find that the article is not really providing good grounds on what's _really_ wrong with Linux. It sounds like the article is saying, "different methods (flavours) is wrong." Is he implying that the Linux kernel and related OS should be a one-size-fits-all?
I can agree that there should be certain standards in the kernel.
KwangErn