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Current Newswire: Saving the "Best" for Last - Fedora 12 (Constantine) LinuxCertified Announces its next Linux System and Network Administration BootCamp The Problem With The Linux Community Vim 101: A Beginner's Guide to Vim Open Source Science: A Revolution From Within openSUSE 11.2-- Incremental Updates, Plenty of Polish Microsoft, other rivals slam Google Chrome OS Intel Linux Graphics Shine With Fedora 12 Editor's Note: Do It Yourself "Cloud" Google Chrome OS: First looks, first impressions Arcsight Engineer The Computer Merchant, Ltd US-DC-Washington Post A Job | Post A Resume Should Linux Standardize on a Single Distro? May 5, 2008, 20 :15 UTC (25 Talkback[s]) (5200 reads) (Other stories by Shawn Powers) "When I demonstrate software for Linux Journal, I tend to use Ubuntu as my operating system. The reason is simply because Ubuntu is extremely popular, but it begs the question, should the Linux community standardize on a single distribution? Let's look at some of the pros and cons: "Advantages of a Single Linux Distro "Linux support would be simplified, as the question of 'what distro' wouldn't be relevant. "Software vendors could release a single package that would install on all Linux desktops..." Complete Story Related Stories: The Convenient Fiction of Distributions(Nov 30, 2007) So This Penguin Walks Into The Library...(Sep 25, 2007) Dvorak: Linux New Flavor Every Week(Jun 08, 2007) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   nope    stew May 5, 2008, 20:31:25     Bad article - skip this one    dan May 5, 2008, 20:39:20     Standardize?    Howard Pepper May 5, 2008, 20:43:09     I have a better idea    Ax Slingr May 5, 2008, 20:56:48     No.    philc May 5, 2008, 21:01:13     like it or not...    Rob May 5, 2008, 21:14:33     Should ice cream standardize on vanilla?    jp May 5, 2008, 21:24:04     Over millions of dead bodies    Sid Boyce May 5, 2008, 21:29:19     YES    teasphere May 5, 2008, 22:00:44     Re: No.    scott_R May 5, 2008, 22:30:21     no....    LD May 5, 2008, 23:11:04     Solutions    Jose_X May 5, 2008, 23:22:12     Standardize yes. One distro, no thanks    ue May 5, 2008, 23:24:02     more distro other than Mandriva ?    patrick_darcy May 6, 2008, 00:35:24     Yes (wink!)    sc May 6, 2008, 03:02:42     It would have to be Mandriva ???    rickst29 May 6, 2008, 05:09:20     Yes, but...    Olaf May 6, 2008, 08:29:43     Yes and no    blackbelt_jones May 6, 2008, 11:21:07     Clearly    Dale Pontius May 6, 2008, 12:48:20     Not One Distro, but...    john May 6, 2008, 12:55:46     Statically linked binaries...    cjm May 6, 2008, 15:02:00     Beg the Question    Colin Walls May 6, 2008, 15:50:55     Plan for realistic scenario    Jose_X May 6, 2008, 18:23:19     I know!    Kevin Hudson May 6, 2008, 18:25:53     Re: Plan for realistic scenario    Jose_X May 6, 2008, 21:28:42     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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