Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 30th Oct 2009 12:07 UTC
I'm in a bit of a pickle here. I have an Atom 330-based tiny computer which I use as my HTPC. It performed its job fine running Windows 7 and Boxee, and over the past few months, it ran Mac OS X Leopard with Plex. Now, however, I want to try Linux as an HTPC operating system, but I kind of ran into a roadblock there with Ubuntu 9.10 - so the question is: what is a good HTPC Linux distribution?
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That always sounds really nice, but think about what it is really asking. You're talking about thousands of different developers, spread out across the globe, all working on their own timetables suddenly coming together with a single purpose. I just don't see that happening. The proprietary world has an advantage here with the Cathedral approach to software development and a clear hierarchy.
Edit: But you could certainly try to have a few key groups release synchronously, like X + Kernel + Gnome + KDE. That's basically happening now with them all moving to 6 or 3 month timed releases.
Edited 2009-10-30 23:52 UTC