[ondra]

> Developers don't have to package their project for all distros

Essentially nobody uses the sources we provide. Literally nobody packages them. A few people use our rpm and deb packages, but the vast majority uses a (slightly broken and outdated) docker image built by third party.

You might not like it, and I certainly do not, but unfortunately containers seem to be the best alternative that just works, compared to everything else.

[palata]

> but unfortunately containers seem to be the best alternative that just works, compared to everything else.

I think it's actually the worst alternative that works. If it didn't work, people wouldn't do it. And the better alternatives require more effort.

I think it unfortunately goes with popularity: when programming becomes more accessible, the average quality of code gets worse. When Linux becomes more accessible, the average level of its users gets worse.

What made Linux desirable for me risks getting worse the more popular it gets. I went from Debian to Arch, to Gentoo, and eventually I may have to move to a *BSD. Because apparently what I want disappears when a system gets massively popular.

[ece]

I've been using Gentoo for 20+ years, it hasn't changed much. I have changed different logger, cron, ntp, login and probably other daemons over time. Stability has gotten better over time, making me not switch to anything else.

[its_magic]

Send me an email please if you haven't yet. You'll want to try this distro, and I'd like to get your feedback.

site: killthe.net

name: dave