LCE: Linux, hardware vendors, and enterprise distributors [LWN.net]

LCE: Linux, hardware vendors, and enterprise distributors

Posted Sep 6, 2007 17:39 UTC (Thu) by bockman (subscriber, #3650)
Parent article: LCE: Linux, hardware vendors, and enterprise distributors

Linux is currently used mostly on servers, where to have drivers for the latest hardware is seldomly
an issue. This is why the commercial distributors can get away with the policy of freezing the kernel
for two-three years - which obviously saves them many troubles.

The major commercial desktop-oriented distribution (Ubuntu) has a release cycle of 6 months;
while not optimal for getting new hardware support, 6 months seems to me good enough for its
current user base (which in most part is composed of people who know how to compile their own
kernel).

So ... is this really a big issue? It would be if Linux had a large base of consumer PC users, but now
... .

Ciao
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FB

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