From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Mike N. wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:30:41 -0400, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote:
>
>> Most likely it can, but the install stuff for Linux is really ugly (things
>> are in different places cross distributions) if what you're installing isn't
>> totally self contained -- it's one area where Linux has a LONG way to go.
>
>     I'll agree with this - I haven't gotten far enough into the development
> to see this yet, but for all the labor they put into creating the many
> distributions, they could have standardized things and ended up with just a
> few good distributions.    I can see Ubuntu VS RedHat/SUSE for simplicity
> VS comprehensiveness, or OpenBSD Unix VS Linux for the security tradeoff,
> but 20-some distributions?    And looking back now, there's probably no
> justification for using 'strace' instead of 'kltrace', putting things in
> different folders, etc.
>

How would you fit ubuntu into a little router or a sky+ pvr?

Let alone a mobile phone or a pda.

>    Collaborate and put out some really polished stuff.  But then, this
> reflects the ancestry of Linux: Everyone wants their own distribution
> because it's fun.   Nobody wants to work on the mindnumbingly boring
> install stuff.   Somewhat like the old OS/2 printer drivers: no one wants
> to work on the boring stuff and get it to just work.

Nah. I've been playing with Suse & Ubuntu & they're pretty
polished. I have an old laptop & I chucked a variety of kit at them
& no problems.

Adam

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