Conflict of distribution maintainers vs. application developers

How various parties in Linux world pull the blanket in all directions leaving the user in the cold

Just a quick post on something which I see more and more as a trend: there is a conflict between the distribution maintainers and software developers.

The former want you to use the software version from the repositories, motivating that with belief that repositories contain the packages, tailored for a particular distribution and expected to run smoothly.

The later believe that repositories introduce problems and want you to compile software from the source code, distributed by their teams. They are not worried that 'make install' would not necessarily copy the files into the proper directories or properly configure the package to the standards of Linux distribution.

The user is caught between the rock and a hard object, as they can't aggravate either party, otherwise they would loose those bits and shreds of support they are hoping for. This is nothing but a blame game and the Linux users are the victims.

Posted by: LinuxLies at 02:37 PM | No Comments | Add Comment
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