Re:DUR: The Debian User Repository
by AussieWog93 on Saturday June 26, 2021 @06:12AM
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I do get where you're coming from; this project just highlighted some personal frustrations I have with Desktop Linux is.
I really wish we could have an open-source OS that was reliable and user-friendly for consumers (especially given how user-hostile Windows has become in the last 5 years), while similarly being non-burdensome for devs to deploy software to (which, to be fair, has improved a lot recently thanks to AppImageKit et al).
- People have a fear or even aversion toward experiments since it needs effort, but some folks are simply geeks - they will keep trying and more power to them
- Some of these experiments, historically, have brought some of the best open innovations in the industry and moved even closed-source rooted companies to change mindset
- Fragmentation is a marketing problem IMHO and I would like to see some ground between that and a consolidated Linux distro but it will not happen easily and that is OK
- The enthusiasts like us do not need every other mainstream user on Linux but I am sure we would love that (I am a Linux user for 18 years)
- This community is happy learning and trying new things, it is joyful
So, more power to experimentors. The value of this community is in choice in a market that is dominated by the Apples and Microsofts who do not care about choice.