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  • schestowitz, on 10/11/2007, -7/+32Linspire is now Ubuntu based (oh yeah... and it's also dead because it took Microsoft money to take the dive).
    • bjweeks, on 10/11/2007, -0/+18Nobody who gives a rats ass about the protection money would use Linspire in the first place.
    • Rhino2, on 10/11/2007, -6/+27and I give you reason number 1 why Linux confuses the utter ***** out of newbies. You guys thought six versions of Vista was bad!
      • Killwize, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1...no *****.
      • dtiziani, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12freedom of choice doesn't mean to offer six versions with the same ***** and just some costumozations. Heard about Vista Ultimate extras? That WAS funny.
        All in all, better have 100+ distros free to choose than 6 win versions with same content & different desktop backgrounds
    • GliTCH82, on 10/11/2007, -8/+3Yeah, because needing a map to figure out what operating system you should install is definitely user friendly. This is worse than the ***** Christian East-West schism.
      • marx2k, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4Would you prefer to just be told what to install instead of deciding for yourself?
        • schestowitz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4This is classic FUD. One needs to choose one among just 3-5 major distros (sadly, it's only correct to ignore the rest). It's usually clear which one/s is/are most suitable.
  • toe_head2001, on 10/11/2007, -1/+71Newest Version (7.6):
    http://futurist.se/gldt/gldt76.png
  • quado, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13I always love these. It's nice to see a newer one though
  • mushroom, on 10/11/2007, -32/+8Someone needs to get laid
    • dukeochutney, on 10/11/2007, -6/+22someone needs to stfu and respect linux
      • willmod, on 10/11/2007, -15/+6There was no disrespect to linux, mushroom has a point - who spends their time on that?
        • polyGone, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Historians..........and I thank science for that...............
  • pumacub, on 10/11/2007, -21/+134And people complain about there being four versions of Vista.
    • dunezone, on 10/11/2007, -24/+6And people wonder why Linux isn't taking off at the consumer level.
    • MasterDwarf, on 10/11/2007, -5/+21People complain because you have to shell out cash for any version of vista so there's a level of expectation when you buy one version over the other. Linux = free so where's the expectation? When something is free there is little room for complaining.
      • pogfreak, on 10/11/2007, -5/+4Linux: its free so don't complain
        • leksdraven, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3I'm not digging you up or down because on one hand you are right but on the other hand it does not actually feel that way when you are using it.
    • DarthDubbya, on 10/11/2007, -5/+17I can change linux versions for free.
    • akatherder, on 10/11/2007, -12/+4So your time is worth nothing?
      • DarthDubbya, on 10/11/2007, -4/+4It's a labor of love.
      • martalli, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Some people change Linux distros at the drop of the hat. However, if they are using linux on a regular basis they probably change distros on their main machine very rarely. I did a lot of switching around when I first started with Linux around 2003, but now I use one distro almost exclusively. However, if I wanted to switch suddenly for some reason, it would be quite easy. Mo*st modern distros make the mass installation of software easy, and my saved settings are generally kept in my .directories. Since the /home partition is untouched, then a new distro installs in about 20 minutes, another 10-30 minutes to install other software, and I am working away. There are no software fees to hold me back from changing.
    • crazybrit, on 10/11/2007, -4/+8As other people have said, the versions of Vista are completely unnecessary and a dishonest way to jack up the price of the versions that are actually, you know, useable and stuff. Having more than one Linux distro creates competition and encourages innovation.
      • kiddcode, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1This competition you refer to is drastically overstated. They almost all ship the EXACT SAME software. How are they competing? Price? Linux is free. I guess service is one way, but most distributions don't provide any service outside of a discussion forum and a bugzilla setup. It would be much better for both Linux and the industry if there wasn't a new Linux distribution bandwagon every month or so that people are expected to jump on. People waste way too much time and energy evangelizing some new distro when they could be working on improving the platform or reporting/fixing bugs in the underlying software.
    • CuCullin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2While many distributions share a number of similarities, most of the distros have expressly different purposes.

      Ubuntu; the first user is the master and commander of his box.
      Ubuntu Varations; Ubuntu with a specific need filled, ie: KDE over GNOME, lightweight, education packages and intent, etc.
      Puppy Linux; when you want to install linux on a thumb drive
      LFS; when you want to try building Linux from scratch, with only what you want.
      Slax; a live cd thats customizable, with the very creative use of modules
      Yellow Dog; started out as the Linux for PPC machines, breathing new life into aging Macs and Linux lovers with newer macs.
      Red Flag; Linux for China

      I could go on. There are new distros to show off ideas for revising the UNIX directory structure, for showing off new package management ideas, for managing source-based distributions, for professional audio applications, for video editing, for embedded Linux applications (such as firewalls or a router), or a distribution whose specific purpose is to boot and play a movie. Its not that theres so many different distributions, imho, but so many different ideas, purposes, and goals. So (again imho), theres really no reason to complain about the number of Linux distribution - the difference is what you want to use it for.
  • benitojuarez, on 10/11/2007, -32/+30And they still talk ***** about the 8 different versions of vista, WTF.
    • Xenogis, on 10/11/2007, -4/+27Each linux distro is basically a different os. And they aren't charging you for ***** features you should of had before, in fact, they don't charge you at all.
      • polyGone, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I don't use linux because it is free............I use it because it is better.........
    • MasterDwarf, on 10/11/2007, -4/+5People complain because you have to shell out cash for any version of vista so there's a level of expectation when you buy one version over the other. Linux = free so where's the expectation? When something is free there is little room for complaining.
    • benitojuarez, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1way to completely miss the point all of you.
  • stmiller, on 10/11/2007, -6/+33Linking digg directly to crappy imageshack hosting. Brilliant.
    • sinkhead, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8It stayed up didn't it? Maybe it's a bit slow but at least it's not going down anytime soon... Or is ImageShack the one with bamdwidth limits?
  • mjwildcat, on 10/11/2007, -14/+5I thought ubuntu was older than it is
    • goth1028, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1dugg you up because other people ask similar questions.. I don't see why people wouldn't want to read your comment
  • daxsymbiont, on 10/11/2007, -21/+4linux rules!

    linux is the law!
  • ani625, on 10/11/2007, -16/+1dupe
  • jdhore1, on 10/11/2007, -1/+25I think this is a really cool image...It just shows that everything is based on pretty much only like 3 or 4 different distros.
    • slayerab, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7It looks kind of like that new york subway map from the 60's that was posted a couple days ago
  • carbonfree314, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14It's kind of cool to see where the major players got their start, but at the same time, it's surprising how many variants I haven't heard of before.
  • autoatsakiklis, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5I thought arch wasn't CRUX derivative. Is it?
  • graiz, on 10/11/2007, -10/+6This chart implies that Linux distributions are divergent. Isn't this a bad thing for customers and application developers?
    I'd rather have a few great distributions instead of 100 crappy ones.
    • killfire, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3why do you think that fewer would imply better? There is only one windows, with a near monopoly of the market, and an enormous amount of engineering power, and they still turn out a ***** product.

      Also, what you don't seem to understand is, unlike windows vs macintosh, applications are not tied down to any specific distribution.
    • Reziarfg, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Suuuure, they're "divergent". But any application that works on one will work on another. So it's not really much of a concern for 'application developers' as it were.
      • kiddcode, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1You couldn't be more wrong. What if I write my desktop app using GTK libraries, how well does it run on a QT system? What if I distribute my application in .deb format, how well does it run on a .rpm system? What if my application utilizes a library that is patented and is not distributed on a patent-free system? What if I utilize the redhat/fedora config system and that's not available on other distributions?

        This is a major concern for developers. In my opinion, it is the *primary* reason why it is difficult to write quality desktop software for Linux.
        • init100, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1"What if I write my desktop app using GTK libraries, how well does it run on a QT system?"

          Well, it may not look like your QT applications, but as long as you have the QT libraries installed, it will work fine. If it doesn't have QT, it is usually just a 'yum install qt' or an 'apt-get install qt' away.
    • ebob, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I think that the chart shows the generally ebb and flow of distributions. I think that this is a good thing. It also doesn't show every distribution out there. Having the ability to spin up a new distribution is one of Linux's greatest strengths. If none of the current distributions serve your purposes, you can always make your own. Distributions that do not get a following eventually fall away and new ones take their place.
  • Samji, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3I like these charts it interesting to see which distros are descended from the three big players - Debian, Redhat and Slackware. The first distro (and live CD I came across) I used was Slax. The .mo packages are great. Not bad for the Linux novice. I prefer GNOME over KDE though.
  • dukeochutney, on 10/11/2007, -7/+5for anyone whos talking trash about linux realize that a vast number of companies r using various version of linux right now. stfu and learn that linux is great for certain tasks and not at others.
    • marx2k, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1What tasks is linux not good at? (BTW, saying something like games is wrong since Linux works just fine with anything written for it)
    • dukeochutney, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0i dont like linux for everyday use just because if i need an app i can go download it and i dont have to worry about compatibility issues for different versions. also i do video editing in my free time and find that most of the retail apps out there (premiere, avid) are much more powerful than the open source versions.
      • init100, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1"i do video editing in my free time and find that most of the retail apps out there (premiere, avid) are much more powerful than the open source versions."

        Can I assume that you buy the retail apps that you use, or are you a pirate?
  • PoisonCandyGram, on 10/11/2007, -13/+1Marked as duplicate. This was on the front page about a month ago.
  • josh4510, on 10/11/2007, -9/+5First of all it looks like a rainbow threw up on a diagram, second, no wonder it seems so hard to covert, look at all the consumer confusion that can happen just with finding out which OS to choose!

    And I thought the Vista choices were too much :(
    • polyGone, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1covert != convert ...........................Yeah, because options are a bad thing................
    • daftman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1So in your world, people should drive 1 car, eat 1 food, drink 1 drink wear 1 brand and have 1 partner. Yes life is so ***** great when you don't have to make a choice.
  • Disease, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Linux Mint ftw
  • pixeleyes, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4What about the new gobuntu?
    • jdhore1, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3The latest version of the timeline was done on June 21, 2007...GoBuntu didn't even have a ISO done at that point...and does it REALLY need to be on there? you know what it's a fork from.
  • dgh1973, on 10/11/2007, -13/+16A beautiful illustration of the biggest problem with Linux.

    Too fragmented.
    • kazamx, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10No such thing. There are only a few big Linux distros. The rest are peoples toy projects or ones that serve a very specific purpose, Dam Small linux for example.
      • marx2k, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0I dont know if you can call DSL a 'toy project', really.
        • srg13, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I think he was calling it a distro for a very specific purpose
        • init100, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2He didn't. There are many specialized distros out there, and DSL is one of them. That does not mean that they are toy distros.
    • nateman1352, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0The same thing could be said for UNIX in general, too fragmented
    • deadbaby, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2They all share the same code for the most part.
    • daftman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2How is it too fragmented? Do you understand the difference between distro and the actual software? Gnome is the same for all distros
    • ordminute, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Will you give up on that tired old line?

      Subsitute Linux distributions with footwear. In general shoes have a similar basic shape, they are different sizes, feature different designs and have different uses (high-heels vs tramping boots). Is the footwear market "fragmented"? Would you rather only Puma and Adidas were making shoes and in just a couple of colors/designs?

      Where's the problem again? .. it's weird sheesh.
  • veeshy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5so many distros!
  • chapium, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9These would be much more useful if they mapped links to each distro to the image to wikipedia or distrowatch.
  • danmanx, on 10/11/2007, -10/+14Well thank you for that very informative graphic chart. It makes perfect sense why people use Windows.
    • coolfactor, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Not to me. I don't use Windows or Linux. :P

      Okay, that's a lie, I use both of those, but my primary platform is OS X. It's a multi-platform world. No need to complain about anything.
    • killfire, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3That people fear choice? Independence?
      That would imply that in life people would prefer to be ruled under a dictatorship that determined all, wouldn't it?
      What you see in that image is democracy. Scary, isn't it.
      • marx2k, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Hey, most Americans refuse to accept anything but a 2 party system. These comments != surprising
    • daftman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2What? people like to be told what to do? When you are young your parents told you what to do, now you are older, MIcrosoft told you what to use.

      Each distros are different because each of them has different purpose. Just like a car, there's different brand of cars and different type of cars. Somehow I feel that all these explanations from the educated people will be wasted on morons like you.

      Here to your virtual slavery world.
    • init100, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Then I guess you only use one brand of cars, one brand of clothes, one brand of cell phones, one brand of food, one brand of TVs. No? But you implied that choice was bad/confusing, or is it only bad in the operating systems market?
  • ChoKoth, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2Maybe a better description would have been "Almost" accurate as of 2007. Lots of distros not listed, and a few name changes and/or merges not listed. Honestly, people might make fun of the users, but how can you not list Gentoo?
    • geoffpado, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Gentoo is on there. It's on a plum colored line. Follow Slackware to Stampede to Enoch... Gentoo.
  • cephelo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Linux does have fragmentation issues, certainly, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Not all distros are intended for consumer use, many of those listed are primarily server distributions. I'll still take my FreeBSD over Linux for servers any day of the week.
    • ordminute, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1To quote myself above:

      Subsitute Linux distributions with footwear. In general shoes have a similar basic shape, they are different sizes, feature different designs and have different uses (high-heels vs tramping boots). Is the footwear market "fragmented"? Would you rather only Puma and Adidas were making shoes and in just a couple of colors/designs?

      What's the problem again?
  • Emperial, on 10/11/2007, -9/+18That image demonstrates exactly Linux's biggest weakness.... To much choice. Every time someone creates a new distro or flavour of linux that manages to get a wide user base along comes some complete idiot that creates another variant based on the that same distro steeling a few users and splitting the community yet again..... PEOPLE DON´T LIKE CHOICES....... IT CONFUSES THEM....
    • gertin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16Very true, but most of these distros aren't worth your time. If you don't like choices go for a distro that has stood the test of time, like Debian.
    • krnldmp, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Those people are a great source of entertainment for a lot of happy Linux users.
    • Fratz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15The US auto industry used to think they offered enough choice, too, and then they got smacked by Japan and other countries who filled niches the US auto industry didn't think they needed to. Why would operating systems behave any differently?
      • chrisxkelley, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1generally because a very very large percent of the american (or any other country) public is computer stupid and doesnt give a damn why one distro will give them some features over others.
        • marx2k, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1So why would anyone choose Vista over XP over 2000 over 98 over 95 over 3.11?
      • killfire, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0Actually I would say the US auto industry failed against Japan because the Japanese made higher quality more fuel efficient cars. Check consumer reports et al for statistics on repairs for fords vs toyotas.
        • Fratz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2And I would say that being able to choose cars that use less fuel and don't break down as often counts as choice, as I said above :)
    • kazamx, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7There really aren't that many Linux distros for newbie home users.

      SuSE, Fedora, Ubuntu in tier 1. Then versions like Mint, PClinuxOS etc in tier 2. Most people being introduced to Linux get sent to the tier 1 distros. Once they has settled into Linux they can move to a distro more specific to their needs.
    • daftman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3People don't like choices? WHAT THE *****? What are you Freud? Look at the ***** you wear and the car you drive and the crap you eat. You make choices every ***** single day. You want to be a bot and be told what to do?
      Furthermore, it's not weakness, it strength. Take evolution, the crappy animal dies the same way as the crappy distro dies and the strong one will survive.
      Microsoft has only 1 copy of itself. If it is *****, then it dies taking the whole ***** company down bringing every dumb fanboy like you down with it.
      • kiddcode, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I like to make choices about things that are important to me. I don't want to have to "choose" between different installers. It's not important to me. I don't want to have to choose between VI and EMACS. I don't give a *****. I don't want to have to choose between GTK and QT. It doesn't help me do my job.
        • init100, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2"I like to make choices about things that are important to me."

          Like what? Brand of clothes? Brand of cell phones? Brand of food? Brand of cars? Etc.
    • ordminute, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2So you'd prefer people all wear suits and ties? Do you resent the world of fashion, automobiles, politics, shoes and houses in the same way? Why don't you like choice on the desktop but you do elsewhere in life? Pretty weird isn't it?
  • Fratz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5FYI. KnoppMyth is no longer a Knoppix derivative - it's based on Debian stable now.
  • Clay423, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Saw an interesting documentary on Linux and Microsoft on Netflix "Watch It Now".
    Go to "Documentaries" category.
  • saltmiser, on 10/11/2007, -4/+5Nice, but I still like the full one the best
    http://www.levenez.com/unix/history.html
    • Fratz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Those are kernels, not distros, so while interesting and useful, it's not the same thing as the chart in the "article."
      • Emperial, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1Very interesting, proves my point exactly....
  • bitspace, on 10/11/2007, -10/+0Buried for inaccuracy. This isn't a linux timeline. It's a debian-based distribution timeline. There were (and still are) several other linux flavours before debian.
    • jtizzle, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14Scroll down, moron.
    • bitspace, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7I ought to bury myself for not looking at the whole image. *sigh*
    • chrisxkelley, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3redhat != slackware != debian

      ... the three of which are all on here. did you look at the picture?
  • Bonekhan, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1http://bayimg.com/IADKAAaBn
  • stevebor1, on 10/11/2007, -5/+3At that rate, GNU/Linux will have about 200 ditros by 2010.
    No wonder people are scared to make the switch.
    • farkdog, on 05/20/2008, -1/+0Exactly. If you wanted to switch to Linux today, how the hell would you even begin to research to make a decision? You could make a career out of it.
      • marx2k, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Well youd probably go to Distrowatch and download one of the top 5 distros. That'd be my guess. Or you could ask anyone who uses Linux.
        • farkdog, on 05/20/2008, -1/+0>Well youd probably go to Distrowatch and download one of the top 5 distros. Good tip. I had never heard of Distrowatch.

          >Or you could ask anyone who uses Linux.

          But who knows which of the 200 possible variants this person has used and is biased towards? Maybe they use a good one, maybe they don't - how would anyone know? I think the only option is to go with the herd mentality like you said and go with Distrowatch.
      • init100, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Well, you could begin by ignoring all those specialized distros out there, like distros for security auditing, embedded systems, servers, etc, and you would probably have cut down the number from 200 to 20. That's a more reasonable number for research. You could then try the top five or top three and see which one you like the most.

        If you don't want choice, go with the herd. If you do want choice, try a number of distros before you decide on one.
  • JasonCox, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4Dugg because that makes understanding temporal mechanics and alternate timelines look easy.
    :-)
  • maninalift, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I have said this before but what could make all of those distributions work for the benefit of Linux in general is a really well designed meeting place for developers, a Linux hub where work could be shared and discussions had. It could help people to pick a distribution to use too.

    On the "and people complain that Vista has 4/8 versions?" point. The difference is that the different Linux distributions are set up by people with different goals, you can pick a distro to suit your needs, where as the different Vista versions are basically just to leverage as much money from a given group of users as possible.
    • farkdog, on 05/20/2008, -1/+2>...you can pick a distro to suit your needs...

      With so many choices, how would you even begin to make a choice? I want to use my computer, not do research for a doctoral thesis.
      • srg13, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1The general rule for a new user is to use Ubuntu or SuSE.

        If you're more experienced, or need something for a more specific purpose, then you might choose something different that suited your needs more.
  • lorenzoamigo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/2528/repostys5.jpg
  • raitchison, on 10/11/2007, -7/+2Buried for calling it "GNU/Linux" because RMS is a dick.
    • kazamx, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3RMS and Linus ARE free software. They got the whole thing going
    • daftman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2RMS is somebody. Who the ***** are you? a nobody.
    • daftman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2haha
      Robert Aitchison: "This just in, apparently I'm an *****"
  • antdude, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Dudes, just go to http://nonplusx.wordpress.com/ for the latest. :)
  • vonguard, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Two missing Linux's: MK Linux, which was for 68k Macintoshes, and MyahOS, which is a Mandriva-based video/gaming distro. I didn't see MythOS in there either.
  • tmmi, on 10/11/2007, -5/+0If all the different distro creators focused on creating one common "Linux" distro, it would take the OS to a completely new level.
  • darkciti, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Where's "Grandpa Linux? So easy, a caveman can do it!"

  • fuelvolts, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1What is TAMU? Is that Texas A&M University? (they are www.tamu.edu)
  • Gir9000, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2This is exactly why Linux will never take off to be mainstream... It's kinda sad really, I like Linux... its way better than windows. After seeing this image you can see the future. yea Linux will always be there, but I have never seen anything so chaotic as to customizing an OS into oblivion.
  • pslim940, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0How many times is this going to be on Digg.
  • stelt, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1nice SVG
  • nuclearpenguins, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3Which one doesn't require the command line to use? ... I didn't think so. When that flavor of Linux is released then we can talk about it being ready for primtetime useage by the masses.

    Don't give me the, "Ubuntu is easy enough for anyone" line either. I had to reconfigure X just to get the installer to work, on not one computer but three of them. I don't know about you, but most senior citizens I know wouldn't want to deal with such hurdles. When it's ready for my grandparents then we can talk.
    • RRAlex, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0This one is better: http://futurist.se/gldt/gldt76.png
      from here: http://futurist.se/gldt/
      from his blog: http://nonplusx.wordpress.com/
    • goth1028, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1That's funny because I've installed Ubuntu quite a few times on different machines and it is used by many of my friends who have installed it many times. Yes X crashes, and Windows has blue screens.. the ones that don't go away are akin to X failing for someone who doesn't know how to use the terminal. And the only problem I've had is when I had an ATI card (and you can fix those, believe it or not). Also you're an idiot to think that Ubuntu can't be used without a terminal.. that's what its like, "marketed" as. Right, finally I personally know senior citizens who hate Windows and prefer their Linux distros, with one saying "What is this blue screen?! I've never had a computer do this before!"
    • Felshadow, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1Ubuntu works out of the box for me, even with an ATI card (9600) i almost never have bugs or errors, and i can usually fix those

      oh and i only use the terminal because i like to, you CAN doe everything with gui, but sometimes terminal is just faster.
    • Felshadow, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Ubuntu works out of the box for me, even with an ATI card (9600) i almost never have bugs or errors, and i can usually fix those

      oh and i only use the terminal because i like to, you CAN doe everything with gui, but sometimes terminal is just faster.
    • Mirag3, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3No one cares - if you can't use the command line every once in a while we don't want you. Where did you get the idea Linux was trying to recruit Windows retards?
    • marx2k, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Most senior citizens call their computer manufacturer when they cant open up Eudora, and are sold 2 gigabytes more RAM. What'd be the difference here?

      Besides, why would you WANT to not be able to use the command line? Do you like driving your own car or taking the bus? Do you want to pay someone to chew your food for you also?
    • srg13, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2"Which one doesn't require the command line to use?"

      Most distributions made in the last two or three years? It's just used so often in tutorials etc. because it is incredibly efficient
  • RRAlex, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0Might as well add Mythbuntu :)
  • theurge, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I didn't see ClarkConnect on the list...
  • Stonekeeper, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Debian stream FTW!
  • mightycbu, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2where is Cobind linux?
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