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An alternative view

Posted Sep 23, 2008 13:41 UTC (Tue) by cyperpunks (subscriber, #39406)
Parent article: LPC: Fitting into the kernel ecosystem

If I wanted a Linux distro with support, which would I a prefer?

A company full of people writing kernel code or some guys doing desktop integration?


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An alternative view

Posted Sep 23, 2008 18:49 UTC (Tue) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]

that depends who you want to have using it.

if you are talking about a unix greybeard, you want to pay the company doing the software development

if you are talking your parents/grandparents/etc you may want to pay the company doing the desktop integration, since that's what makes the system usable for them (and keeps your phone from ringing off the hook with their questions)

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