Dnia środa, 28 kwietnia 2010 o 01:27:20 Carlos E. R. napisał(a):
On 2010-04-27 22:26, j debert wrote:
Linux-based distros have offered a variety of different apps with identical or at least similar functionality at least since the first CD distros were published in 1994. It's a tradition. Unfortunately, or fortunately for the anti-choice faction, that tradition is being dropped lately. The reason for the tradition of including multiple apps is simple: Offer users several different apps so they can easily select one that they like. Most users love to have such a selection available to them so they can pick the one they feel works best or simply "feels" best for them. They are happier to have several choices available and on hand than to have a single choice imposed upon them in the way the commercial OS market does. There have always been a few who complain about having "too many choices", and complain that there must be only one app per function per distro. As many people like to say, "free software is about choice", so by extension this is about the users' choice. I'd say to those who hate choice, "sorry, but you're going to have to just live with having too many choices. After all, those who want choices had to live without choice or even a say for a long time.
Absolutely :-)
I like choice.
But easy access to all other programs via package manager is _choice_ too... Isn't it for You? Making a choice? Even during install You need to choose: KDE, Gnome, other DE, no X... Still not enough? How many apps is in default system for Office Productivity? 1. OpenOffice.org How many audioplayers? 1. Amarok/Banshee Videoplayer? 1. Kaffeine/Totem And where is Your choice on this stage? I answer for You. Package Manager & software repositories. -- Pozdrawiam / Best regards, Mariusz Fik, openSUSE Community Member