Why the Linux ecosystem cannot be considered “standardized”, unlike Windows and Mac?

  • Crozekiel
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    2 months ago

    I guess it depends on how “standard” is defined. Ie, its pretty standard for shirts to have 2 arm holes, one head/neck hole, and one body hole and therefore they work for the vast majority of users.

    • Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Yes, but that’s like saying “it’s pretty standard for DE to have one minimize button, one maximize button and a close button”. I chose clothes because they can’t be standardized for the same reason as Linux, i.e. they’re modular and people have different tastes on each of the modules, so the full thing can never be standardized even if some of the modules are quite similar among themselves.