Re: Two ways of looking at things.
This is a fair point. One I wouldn't argue with.
Some 'nix users and developers will have a use case for an OS that is not amenable to non-techie or simply non-interested people.
However, such Distros are not kept as a separate category of software - but are listed with all the other distros. Frequently 'nux advocates will point new users to more consumer distros in a sniffy "Use this until you can take the proper stuff" sort of way. Like it's the gateway drug to true Linux addiction.
Which is unhelpful.
Maybe it's time that developers stopped forking broadly similar distros (I've never understood why there are so many - and that's not too helpful either btw ) and instead forked between Consumer Linux and Techie Linux, with distinct identities. Who knows, then it might really become "The Year of Linux" that we keep hearing about. Mint is pretty close.
In a sense, of course, that's what we have with Android, too. God help us.
And if too few of the volunteer devs who produce the OS are interested in the consumer version it can wither on the vine and leave the techies to use their OS of choice.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
