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- pumacub, on 10/11/2007, -21/+134And people complain about there being four versions of Vista.
- toe_head2001, on 10/11/2007, -1/+71Newest Version (7.6):
http://futurist.se/gldt/gldt76.png - stmiller, on 10/11/2007, -6/+33Linking digg directly to crappy imageshack hosting. Brilliant.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- dukeochutney, on 10/11/2007, -6/+22someone needs to stfu and respect linux
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- jtizzle, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14Scroll down, moron.
- 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.
- quado, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13I always love these. It's nice to see a newer one though
- DarthDubbya, on 10/11/2007, -5/+17I can change linux versions for free.
- 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 - 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.
- 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.
- 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....
- 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?
- 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
- lorenzoamigo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/2528/repostys5.jpg
- 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."
- geoffpado, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Gentoo is on there. It's on a plum colored line. Follow Slackware to Stampede to Enoch... Gentoo.
- 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. - lengau, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8All versions dating back to 6.8 (first version) are available at http://futurist.se/gldt/
- VeganBob, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8Go back to Slashdot
- krnldmp, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Those people are a great source of entertainment for a lot of happy Linux users.
- Goner, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7and here's a link to a search for fish!
http://www.google.com/search?q=fish - Fratz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5FYI. KnoppMyth is no longer a Knoppix derivative - it's based on Debian stable now.
- bitspace, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7I ought to bury myself for not looking at the whole image. *sigh*
- autoatsakiklis, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5I thought arch wasn't CRUX derivative. Is it?
- 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.
- danmanx, on 10/11/2007, -10/+14Well thank you for that very informative graphic chart. It makes perfect sense why people use Windows.
- 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.
- veeshy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5so many distros!
- polyGone, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I don't use linux because it is free............I use it because it is better.........
- srg13, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I think he was calling it a distro for a very specific purpose
- Kranklin, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Why doesn't Ubuntu have its Own Nice big logo on that one just like Debian, Red Hat, and Slackware???
/sarcasm - 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. - 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.
- dgh1973, on 10/11/2007, -13/+16A beautiful illustration of the biggest problem with Linux.
Too fragmented. - 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. - kazamx, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3RMS and Linus ARE free software. They got the whole thing going
- 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?
- 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.
- Jonny0stars, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Would of gotten more digs if the title where "Ubuntu timeline(pic)"
- 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. - 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. -
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