The Linux Kernel is a model of how to develop an OS. Change the kernel in a way that breaks something - even something done stupidly - in user-space and Linus will scream.
But outside of the kernel space, open-source developers suffer from four problems:
- Not invented here syndrome. Prefering to implemet things "my right way" rather than somone elses way that works.
-prefering to innovate rather than maintain. Oh XXX has issues. Let's not fix them, but start again.
- a love of complexity. systemD rather than sysV is the classic example: to save 7 seconds at my boot time (yes, I checked it) required hundreds of thousands of lines of systemd code, and many hours of learning on my part. Currently I have massive pronlems caused between the various ways processes communicate with each other, often unnecessarily.
I started in LInux 15 years ago. The desktops were a joy - stable, simple, sufficient. Now they have become unstable, complex, and over-kill. Unfortunately, last week as I began converting everything to Windows 10, I found exactly the same problems, with Visual Studio. Lazarus still my mainstay, thank the godess.
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 at 9:08 PM
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Subject: [Lazarus] The Problem with the Linux Desktop
From: "Anthony Walter via lazarus" <lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org>
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Subject: [Lazarus] The Problem with the Linux Desktop
On Linux ...
The sheer scattering of different systems, libraries, and what not that I needed to search through to find solutions which are typically as simple as a single function on a single document site with Windows prompted me to write this brief diatribe:
I also posted that page to the r/linux, and am likely to get down voted there, but if anyone wants to chime in, feel free. It might make use both feel better.
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