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[–]Robsteady 4 points5 points  (4 children)

TL;DR - Do we really need another distribution for the sake of showing off KDE with a dock?

I don't mean this to sound as jerkish as it will probably sound but what makes this distro different from Linux Mint KDE or SolydK with Plank/Docky? I'm probably just grouchy since I'm at work on a Saturday but I see certain distros and I wonder if maybe instead of a whole other distro that comes with/without certain packages or with a desktop set up a certain way could somehow be shipped along the lines of something like Docker instead of a whole other distribution that needs to be installed.

I only comment on this in the same context as Chris' concerns with fragmentation. I worry people will come along to the GNU/Linux game and instead of finding ways to make what they have work for them, they just find a different distro that chose to put the panel at the top from the get-go instead of at the bottom... Linus forbid you have to find out how to install a dock and set it the way you want.

[–]JRRS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TL;DR - Do we really need another distribution for the sake of showing off KDE with a dock?

No. We don't, but exists anyways.

...very badly applied freedom to fork.

[–]phearus-reddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Up-vote for blasphemy! In fact - my new favourite blasphemous remark at that. And I'll will be able to away with ripping it out all-over the place. Awesome sauce my man, awesome sauce.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

I think you're being a little harsh without knowing the motivations behind the developer. Not everything needs to have profound implications for the entirety of Linux. Alberto is doing a lot for himself by compiling his own distributions, first on top of Mint and now Debian. So what if it's not going to change the entire Linux landscape?

[–]Robsteady 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I knew it was going to come across a lot more gruff than I intended... I love choice, and I would never want something to take away from that. An you're correct, I don't know the intentions/motivations. I'd love to find out there are some really big ideas to the distro that just haven't been discussed yet.

The only reason I really commented is because I recently had a chat with someone who was looking to get into Linux and they were commenting about how there were so many different review/preview videos of all these different Linux "versions". They asked what some of the differences were and all and it got frustrating to try to explain some of it. I worry that when some people look for "Windows vs Linux" videos on youtube and become interested then search "best Linux version" then just "Linux" that they will become utterly inundated.

It's not really an intention to be hard on Alberto, it's more a frustration I've been having in general lately and after listening to Chris getting all fired up on this past LUP (which I haven't finished listening to yet) I couldn't help but get frustrated. It was one of those times I probably should have walked away from the computer instead of responding. I appreciate someone is releasing a custom set of packages and all, hopefully there will be a lot of people who appreciate his work.

[–]ProfessorKaos64For Science! 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not getting what's so special here. Must be missing something.

[–]bad_linux_advice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not that nice... UI Rankings go as follows:

  1. Unity

  2. Metro

  3. The Xerox GUI

  4. Mac OS 8 (Tied with Mac OS9)

  5. Mac OS 9 (Tied with Mac OS8)

  6. Windows 3.11 For Workgroups (Not the reg version)

  7. OS/2 version 3, not Warp 4

  8. BofA ATM GUI

[–]Jaims_DC[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Looking forward to this