Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 19th Jul 2007 22:42 UTC, submitted by WillM
"Remember the 1980s worries about how the 'forking' of Unix could hurt that operating system's chances for adoption? That was nothing compared to the mess we've got today with Linux, where upwards of 300 distributions vie for the attention of computer users seeking an alternative to Windows."
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2005-08-28
Well, those 359 might not quite be white noise, but consider that various groups even put out more than one set of distros that often go by different names, that may vary by nothing more than what's included in the default install. I consider Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Flubuntu, Edubuntu and Ubuntu Christian Edition essentially the same distro.
Personally, I don't think you can call them all that different because in this day and age with small exceptions everyone's using the same software. They differ by package managers, versions, size and type of install target... but really, aside from minor differences KDE is KDE is KDE and the difference is who has it set up better or put their logo on it.