"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...
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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.
Indeed, it contains very few arguments. All of the complaints seem to reduce to some combination of:-
1. we offer a choice (distributions, for example);
2. some proprietary providers fail to support choice (kernel ABI);
3. local configuration error or system problem (the author's X11 problems).
We need to address these by:-
1. providing good comparisons and information at the points where they are most helpful - standardisation is no more likely than Apple and Microsoft agreeing on a common GUI and packaging system with each other and/or GNU/Linux distributors;
2. obsoleting proprietary providers;
3. making people aware that bizarre errors or problems like those X11 ones are not expected normal operation.
Regards,