[ Thanks to Kelly
McNeill for this link. ]
“Adding value to Linux and empowering the whitebox developer are
two keypoints that need to be focused upon if we are to grow the
Linux user-base. The following osViews editorial contribution is
the third piece in a multipart series, which outlines the means
that will allow us to provide more value and greater resource to
Linux users and those who help distribute the open source operating
system.“Software applications on Windows and GNU-Linux are a moving
target. Properly keeping up with updates, upgrades and security
fixes requires a well-supported base. All of the proprietary,
commercial and most independent Linux Home Desktop Distros are
unable to keep current with applications software as the result of
breaking absolute compatibility with their core base distribution
package management…”