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:The Point of So Many Distros
The Point of So Many Distros
Jan 23, 2008, 15 :15 UTC (13 Talkback[s]) (3983 reads)

[ Thanks to Linux Loop for this link. ]

"Lets face it, the Linux community has a lot of hardcore geeks in it. These are the kind of people who frequently rebuild their kernel to improve performance, compile all their software from scratch, consider GUIs useless, and so on. There is nothing wrong with that. I may be exaggerating some here, but this is the target audience for many Linux distros."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
The problem is a lot of the hardcore gee ...   A lot of geeks don't realize how complicated t   
Gene Anthony
Jan 23, 2008, 16:03:47
 
Right now it almost feels (to me) like i ...   FOSD: free open source distros   
Jose_X
Jan 23, 2008, 16:52:40
 
I am cross-cross posting.http://www.nuxi ...   Re: FOSD: free open source distros   
Jose_X
Jan 23, 2008, 17:34:59
 
Right now it almost feels (to me) like i ...   Re: FOSD: free open source distros   
Toby Haynes
Jan 23, 2008, 18:24:00
 
Toby H,I would not be surprised to have  ...   Re: Re: FOSD: free open source distros   
Jose_X
Jan 23, 2008, 19:43:12
 
> The problem is a lot of the hardcore g ...   Re: A lot of geeks don't realize how complicat   
Gossamer Axe
Jan 23, 2008, 19:46:13
 
Sorry I wasn't more clear in the las ...   Re: Re: FOSD: free open source distros   
Jose_X
Jan 23, 2008, 20:39:33
 
> I "started" with Slackware 10 years ag ...   Re: Re: A lot of geeks don't realize how compl   
Gene Anthony
Jan 23, 2008, 21:35:29
 
>> I don't think Slackware is the "b ...   Re: Re: Re: A lot of geeks don't realize how c   
blackhole
Jan 24, 2008, 06:33:00
 
> The problem is a lot of the hardcore g ...   Re: A lot of geeks don't realize how complicat   
Byran lee
Jan 24, 2008, 11:40:15
 
>> No, the problem is a bunch of theivin ...   Re: Re: A lot of geeks don't realize how compl   
Jose_X
Jan 24, 2008, 16:56:21
 
   Linux to the family, perhaps using a  ...   PC Gaming-Bleh!   
Byran Lee
Jan 24, 2008, 23:00:48
 
>> Who cares all that much about Linux G ...   Re: PC Gaming-Bleh!   
Jose_X
Jan 25, 2008, 13:08:19
 
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