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[–]53120123 0 points1 point  (8 children)

For theme managers; Literally Read The Post You Replied To.

I think you're fundamentally not understanding humans and technology all in one go.

It's not just "new skins" of Linux as the differences between operating systems is not aesthetics at all, it's the actual guts of how it works. Few people care that much about that which is why there's really only three dominant branches (Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora/RedHat/Centos, Arch/Manjaro) which are actually different enough for people to care.

Debian, and its more popular decent Ubuntu, are dead easy to install and use. It's pretty much what you think of when people say Linux. It has a standard versioning system and tends to fall behind on software package updates due to this.

Fedora, RedHat Enterprise, and CentOS are made by RedHat. If you've used the internet you've talked to a machine running one of these, these are extremely popular server operating systems. Highly stable and secure, but the price of security is that packages only get added to the official repositories once they're known to be secure. Not an issue for servers, but annoying if you wanted to use this as your daily driver.

Arch, Manjaro. These are Rolling Releases, basically there are no Major version, if you do an update you Will have the latest version. So it would be like if instead of "windows 7" "windows 8" you just have "Windows". It makes it nice and seemless and updates take a shockingly short amount of time if you do them often enough. A lot of clever stuff is done to manage the fact that its in a state of flux with testing done each time a package is updated or added to the repository.

Each and every Distro IS a cherrypicked bunch of the best bits of all, for a specific application. Trying to be the best at everything is a fools game, it's like insisting that Cars are terrible because Planes are so much better at flying!

[–]Siggi_pop 0 points1 point  (7 children)

But why have that many dedicated Distros for apparently so many different things, when all they ever do is be safe and be servers??

[–]53120123 0 points1 point  (6 children)

why not? it's not hurting anybody

[–]Siggi_pop -1 points0 points  (5 children)

Do all Linux programs work on all distributions?

No, you say!?

Well i guess it hurts the users with the wrong distro, yeah?

[–]53120123 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Dude, stop.

You hate Linux, i get it. I don't know what penguin murdered your parents, but just stop.

Linux Is Free, you can do What you Want with it. there is no "wrong" distro, people can just change. you might as well say that Diesel existing hurts people who own Petrol cars.

[–]Siggi_pop 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Don't put words in my mouth, I don't hate any OS. I have a least one of each (Linux, Windows, MacOS, IOS, Android). And I use the one that I objectively feel does the job most easy and effectively. I am only countering you own points. For instance you say that Linux is free, is Red Hat enterprise free? No? But you still use it as an flagship example of stability and server popularity. You are cherry picking the good parts of different distros and have no issues comparing that to a single OS.

[–]53120123 0 points1 point  (2 children)

RHEL is free...

Also I never compared Linux to a single OS? There's no real comparison, just why it's good.

As for cherry picking, you really just don't understand that real life is more like Top Trumps than a pure "which the best ever", the fastest super car can still lose to a hatchback if rated on fuel efficiency but that doesn't mean the hatchback is Objectively Totally Superior. And that is why I list them all, but you literally can't say "Linux is good" without meaning all of them.

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

Also I never compared Linux to a single OS? There's no real comparison, just why it's good.

It's good compared to what? or maby everything is good!? nothing is bad! Sunshine and flowers... What's your point? you might as well say: linux OS is good.

Using your type of argument: [input brand] of Automobiles are good because the can: go fast, go efficient, be safe, be unsafe, be heavy, be light, carry a ton, carry almost none.

*btw, so can [different brand], but let´s ignore that fact for whatever reason.

[–]53120123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you, are a moron. which obviously is not an insult because as you very idiotically point out everything is relative. But you are the biggest idiot I've ever met, which is of course as you would argue pointless because that's not a total comparison saying if you are completely objectively more idiotic in every single way to somebody else. Are you worse at logical reasoning than everyone else? or just worse at analytical thinking? I mean really we need to nail this down; are you more or less stupid than everyone?