UserLinux may go without KDE
The UserLinux distro is talking about not including KDE in their distro.
Why must the Linux community do this? Why must EVERY distro offer EVERYTHING to EVERYONE? Why can't people see the advantage of a specialized distro that just offers certain software packages and ensures that they always work?
The proposed offerings for UserLinux:
GUI desktop: GNOME.
Database: MySQL with non-GPL libraries.
Web Server: Apache 2.
Mail transfer agent: Postfix.
Interpretive language: Python.
Java-like environment: (undecided)
Print spooler: CUPS.
Web browser: Mozilla.
Office Suite: OpenOffice
How nice would it be for certain businesses to not have to muck through a billion software packages that do the same thing, and get a distro with the fat cut out? Personally, I'd like that for my desktop. I might not choose THIS one, because I like KDE, but this is the direction that Linux needs some distros to go. There should always be the big jack-of-all-trades distros, but specialized ones can help Linux's general use immeasurably.
"Choice" does not have to mean "all possible choices for every possible distro". Choice should include some distros that weed out the fat, as well as make some picks for software packages for certain tasks.
Why must the Linux community do this? Why must EVERY distro offer EVERYTHING to EVERYONE? Why can't people see the advantage of a specialized distro that just offers certain software packages and ensures that they always work?
The proposed offerings for UserLinux:
GUI desktop: GNOME.
Database: MySQL with non-GPL libraries.
Web Server: Apache 2.
Mail transfer agent: Postfix.
Interpretive language: Python.
Java-like environment: (undecided)
Print spooler: CUPS.
Web browser: Mozilla.
Office Suite: OpenOffice
How nice would it be for certain businesses to not have to muck through a billion software packages that do the same thing, and get a distro with the fat cut out? Personally, I'd like that for my desktop. I might not choose THIS one, because I like KDE, but this is the direction that Linux needs some distros to go. There should always be the big jack-of-all-trades distros, but specialized ones can help Linux's general use immeasurably.
"Choice" does not have to mean "all possible choices for every possible distro". Choice should include some distros that weed out the fat, as well as make some picks for software packages for certain tasks.
