Linked by Kroc Camen on Sun 13th Sep 2009 21:02 UTC
Synergistically bringing together multiple topics, this week's show synergizes Palm's new Pixi, the Palm "App Catalog" and the AppStore, Microsoft's anti-Linux training, Sega's Dreamcast, Apple's Grand Central Dispatch and finally Chrome's extensions. Feel the synergy!
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In the beginning of the show you talked a lot of crazy Linux ideas like making a "Linux store" and uniting all The distros in one powerful distro to rule them all. That will never happen. People try to create things like Xandros, Ubuntu or whatever, but the diversity of distros and the helter-skelter that brings will never die...
I agree. The very nature of open source software and GPL software in particular is that anyone who thinks they have a better solution is welcome and encouraged to scratch the itch.
I think what the Linux world can do is restructure the Linux Standard Base. Instead of being some sort of its own distribution it should be just an agreement between distros that would standardize file hierarchy--which is all you really need. For example, if all of the major distros can agree that non-system software should go into /usr/share and /usr/bin and if they can agree to a basic layout for /etc life would be far easier for third parties. Ultimately, I don't think it can happen because ultimately I don't think that the hardcore Linux developers and users (including myself) want it to be hugely popular.
On another point about a "Linux store," anyone who would pay for Linux for their home computer should not use Linux.
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In the beginning of the show you talked a lot of crazy Linux ideas like making a "Linux store" and uniting all The distros in one powerful distro to rule them all. That will never happen. People try to create things like Xandros, Ubuntu or whatever, but the diversity of distros and the helter-skelter that brings will never die...
And then, *after* you talked all that, Tess the Linux-savy chick joins the discussion and you start talking about Dreamcast!!??... I would love to hear some comments of her on that subject! If she were going to join the show later, you should have saved that subject for when she arrived!... :/
Other than that, great podcast... And Kroc needs a better mic!