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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/1843083 | Aug 04 18:03 |
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| TechrightsBot | Not a Diaspora post? | Aug 04 18:03 |
| schestowitz | Yes, at some point it is getting ridiculous. Perhaps word 'distribution' should have more precise meaning. If it solely based on other one, and the whole added work is a few packages installed and (this is usually most important) new desktop background or just new installer it should not be considered as a distro. | Aug 04 18:03 |
| schestowitz | This is general comment, not on ClearOS. | Aug 04 18:03 |
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| schestowitz | Though I agree with your sentiments, who draws the line between what is a "true distribution" and what is just a sprucing up or a couple of different packages? Where is that line drawn...at what point does a distro go from a 'clone' to a legitimate distro? | Aug 04 18:04 |
| schestowitz | Take Linux Mint, for example. It started life as an Ubuntu clone that offered restricted drivers and software installed by default. But with the introduction of Unity in Ubuntu and Mint's development and implementation of the Mate and Cinnamon DTEs (which in my opinion is more than enough to relegate it to a "legitimate ... | Aug 04 18:04 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/1841032 | Aug 04 18:12 |
| TechrightsBot | Not a Diaspora post? | Aug 04 18:12 |
| schestowitz | "WTF!! Oo" | Aug 04 18:12 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/1842543 | Aug 04 18:13 |
| TechrightsBot | Not a Diaspora post? | Aug 04 18:13 |
| schestowitz | "Yeah, that was my reaction." | Aug 04 18:13 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/1842713 | Aug 04 18:14 |
| TechrightsBot | Not a Diaspora post? | Aug 04 18:14 |
| schestowitz | "Lol. Linus gets offended more than almost anyone. <333" | Aug 04 18:14 |
| schestowitz | "Yeah. Because users were much more free right before Linus' contributions came along..." | Aug 04 18:14 |
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| schestowitz | "Mint looks like Windows and thats the main reason i dont like it." | Aug 04 19:00 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/1841164 | Aug 04 21:58 |
| TechrightsBot | Not a Diaspora post? | Aug 04 21:58 |
| schestowitz | "alexandro and michael have a valid point. arch was never about having interfaces for anything. even after the (very basic) install you had to dive into the cli anyway. i approve of the removal of the aif and love arch for what it is." | Aug 04 21:58 |
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