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Posted by: schestowitz 1 year, 8 months agoThe end result of all this desktop plumbing standardization will be Linux desktops and applications that, by the third quarter of 2007, should have a far more consistent look and feel across distributions and between KDE and GNOME. Thus, both users and software vendors should find Linux to be a far more friendly and inviting desktop.
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TheAttacks
Dec. 12, 2006, 5:02 p.m.The radical, and probably most effective, solution would be to rewrite the license Linux uses and force the many "like" projects to merge into one big project.
For example, merging all Debian-based distributions and Red Hat Distributions. . .
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schestowitz
Dec. 12, 2006, 8:45 p.m.No, no, no (IMHO). This will ruin choice. Linux is not fragmented because modules are shared. People require different systems, not a one-size-fits-all approach. Pakcage management is another matter, but there's 'alien' as a tool which bridges the gap.
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