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As if the shell was the problem! It wasn't and isn't. The fragmentation that matters happens at a lower level, e.g. library versioning, the centralized software
by elsewhere 14y ago
As if the shell was the problem! It wasn't and isn't.
The fragmentation that matters happens at a lower level, e.g. library versioning, the centralized software repositories, etc. Which is great on the server. But terrible on the desktop.
- kstrauser 14y agoI don't know what that means. I'm typing this on a Mint desktop and almost every app I could ever want is available through Software Manager or apt-get. I've also released a cross-platform utility that's packaged for Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, FreeBSD, and Homebrew without any modifications to the utility itself. Linux is the one place I've never been concerned with library versioning, poor centralized software repos, etc. Am I missing something?
- elsewhere 14y agoIt is almost impossible to install software by independent software vendors. This is not an issue for you (and me) but for almost everyone else.