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Re:Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder by jeremymcanally on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @02:55PM (#25447685)
“The loudest mouths are often attached to the idlest hands.” - ancient open source software proverb

(It’s not ancient. I made it up. But it’s sadly true.)

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Re:Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder by goodpoint on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @03:27PM (#25448130)
It's very true and for a basic reason - one minute spent doing is one minute taken away from talking/writing.

This is the reason why many excellent projects remain obscure while marketing-driven products become famous... and often take credit for other people's ideas.

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