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> Stop making Linux distributions, make applications instead. Stop listening to people trying to tell you what you should do or not.
But the message and information is good though.
I'd personally word it something like "Linux users don't want more distributions. They want software". At least, this is the case for me.
> Stop making Linux distributions, make applications instead. Stop listening to people trying to tell you what you should do or not.
Stop listening to people who say to stop listening to people trying to tell you what you should do or not. It is not all relative, there are good and bad choices.
If you actually manage to get a distribution rolling with a viable community around it, it means enough people have decided that there weren't too many.
The problem is OSS software not even trying to compete with the market. People using OSS software taking it for granted that the UX is going to be subpar, and it really is. Regular propriety software faces the risk of their users not paying, therefore adapting to make end user experience great. OSS usually doesn't have that risk. Open source needs to be exposed to risk from end users. I tried to change that with Note…
This has always been an issue for Linux adoption. Somebody I know (not in tech) wanted to switch from Windows to Linux and I said: "Which one?" It's the same as Mastodon. "Which instance?" The answer is usually the biggest / most popular instance or distro, but not many applications the masses use are on Linux, the same as there is not many interesting people on Mastodon for people to switch over to it. Applications…
Just say Download Ubuntu and sign up at Mastodon.world. If they push back that's not a problem. If they're actually noob, they got the info they wanted out of you, which was where to start.
I'd personally say "use mastodon.social", but your advise is just as good. Simply because it is a solid advise, offers a single option and points people at where to start.
Ubuntu is good to start¹, and if people say "but it's bad at thingy foo" or "it has default bazoombas! default! on!": no-one said it's where you must now commit yourself to forever. Distro's aren't religions (and even religions can be switched), they are just stuff that sits on your computer. Your next re-install or next machine might be anything else.
¹edit: to be clear: it's also good for experienced people or grumpy bearded linux-veterans like myself (24 years in and counting). I use Ubuntu. It's hardly configured even, just the defaults (well, my shell and vim have some 20+ years of config tweaks).
I recently switched from Mac to Linux so that I can use beefy refurbished machines as my daily driver. I've installed Linux on lots of different machines previously, but this time it's not just a hobby. Ubuntu has great support for my hardware and peripherals, but the app store feels unfinished and forced. Pretty much everything works as expected. I'm interested in checking out Mint (also Debian) and Arch, but it fee…
The problem is OSS software not even trying to compete with the market. People using OSS software taking it for granted that the UX is going to be subpar, and it really is. Regular propriety software faces the risk of their users not paying, therefore adapting to make end user experience great. OSS usually doesn't have that risk. Open source needs to be exposed to risk from end users. I tried to change that with Note…
The problem is OSS software not even trying to compete with the market. People using OSS software taking it for granted that the UX is going to be subpar, and it really is. Regular propriety software faces the risk of their users not paying, therefore adapting to make end user experience great. OSS usually doesn't have that risk. Open source needs to be exposed to risk from end users. I tried to change that with Note…
The problem is OSS software not even trying to compete with the market. People using OSS software taking it for granted that the UX is going to be subpar, and it really is. Regular propriety software faces the risk of their users not paying, therefore adapting to make end user experience great. OSS usually doesn't have that risk. Open source needs to be exposed to risk from end users. I tried to change that with Note…
What does this have that Joplin doesn't have?