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Re:Debian considers merging /usr by toyg on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @06:57AM (#13013440)
> until we write all our applications as some sort of crazy monad

Desktop Linux seems to be finally moving towards self-contained formats like AppImage and Flatpak. They are clearly not oriented towards server apps, but who knows.

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Re:Debian considers merging /usr by lisivka on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @09:50AM (#13014464)
OMG. Self contained apps were there starting from Linux 0.1. They are reinvented every second year.
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Re:Debian considers merging /usr by toyg on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @10:58AM (#13014904)
Yeah but they never got traction for this or that reason. This time it looks like several big players actually agree on a common way forward. I guess time will tell.
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