[Tfug] linux no longer for amateurs

[Zack Williams]

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I know nothing about it. I just thought
>> you mis-interpreted one of the previous posters.
>
> Zack said:
>
> = Since then, I haven't deviated from distro releases.  There's a reason
> = that we have them, and not just a kernel with separate userland - none
> = of the BSD's or any other commerical unixes do it the linux way.
>
> Frankly, I didn't know if that was praise for Linux or derision.
> I erred on the side of assuming there was a reason *why* Linux
> does things "the linux way".  I asked if he would care to
> explain *why* this was "better" (though he could just as easily
> have explained why it was *worse*!).

Ah, damn, I should have been more clear - I intended that as a praise
for disro releases, if only because they get more Q&A and another set
of eyes over everything when it's integrated.    Thus, they're more
likely to work, in my experience.

To use a car analogy, the Linux method is to sell a crate engine, and
have other people build the rest of the car, whereas everyone else out
there builds the whole car, or uses a specific crate engine that
they're sure works correctly for them.

- Zack