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:Free Software Magazine: Linux Fragmentation: Help or Hindrance?
Free Software Magazine: Linux Fragmentation: Help or Hindrance?
Mar 14, 2007, 21 :00 UTC (10 Talkback[s]) (9259 reads)

(Other stories by Gary Richmond)

"Here is a familiar list for readers: vanilla kernel, custom kernel, debs, rpms, Tgzs, source files, Apt-get,Emerge, Yum, Urpmi, Synaptic, Kpackage, Adept, Kyum, Yumex, Smart, Klik and Autopackage. I could go on but you get the idea.

"Every user of GNU/Linux knows the mantra that everything is a file but they also know that it promotes itself under the banner that it is all about choice and therefore power and flexibility. That is true and it is what attracts so many of us to use GNU/Linux in addition to the political freedoms guaranteed by its open source nature and the specifics of the GPL (whichever version you support)..."

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It just ocurred to me we have to move to ...   Reference implementation   
Anonymous
Mar 14, 2007, 21:55:49
 
Fragmentation?  Total nonsense.When you  ...   More nonsense ...   
GreyGeek
Mar 15, 2007, 01:12:55
 
"fragmentation" is completely irrelevant ...   As I've said many times here and elsewhere   
Richard Steven Hack
Mar 15, 2007, 01:50:23
 
You're clearly a home user operating ...   Re: More nonsense ...   
david
Mar 15, 2007, 03:16:34
 
Free Software is the freedom to have...  ...   Unfreedom of Choice   
David Johnson
Mar 15, 2007, 03:56:25
 
 You're never going to get the major ...   Re: Re: More nonsense ...   
pontke
Mar 15, 2007, 14:25:33
 
 I used to run RH5, Then 22 releases of  ...   Re: More nonsense ...   
pontke
Mar 15, 2007, 14:38:58
 
Suppose you decide to start a business s ...   Re: As I've said many times here and elsewhere   
david
Mar 16, 2007, 01:38:28
 
Wrong!!! for what? Just boot from the th ...   Re: Re: As I've said many times here and elsew   
rupe
Apr 22, 2007, 23:41:28
 
david,You can't get something for no ...   Re: Re: As I've said many times here and elsew   
Jose
Jun 7, 2007, 00:36:56
 
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