[ale] What divides Linux Distros?

[Steve Litt]

On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 13:50:43 -0500
Leam Hall via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Besides some of us not liking systemd, is there a real reason for so
> many Linux distros? Outside of "because we can", I mean.
> 
> Not putting anyone down, I just wonder what would happen if we joined
> efforts a bit more.
> 
> Leam

I wrote a big, detailed answer, but here's a simpler one. As I
remember, in 1999 we had a choice of Slackware, Red Hat, Corel,
Caldera, and Debian. If those were my sole choices today, I'd hold my
nose and buy a Mac.

SteveT

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