Comments by "Zer0" (@ForeverZer0) on "Begone Linux, GNU/Hurd Is The Real FOSS Kernel" video.

@zizlog_sound I agree, but to be fair, nearly all distros are just toy projects where someone wanted to make their own "default" configuration, selection of installed software, and branding. There are realistically only 4-5 relevant distros, which all others stem from, and they all exist without any consequence whatsoever to the ecosystem. Unless you are writing some uber-specific software (i.e. package management), there is no such thing as developing for a specific distro that other distros will not also benefit from.
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...he stated between bites of skin that he peeled off his foot during a lecture...
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@zizlog_sound I was not very clear, I am saying that your point of thousands of distros as "not working together" has an incorrect premise. I personally don't see any use for all the distros either, but there is very little work going into one that can't be shared with all others. With the exception of package managers, nearly everything is universal and can be "shared". It may not be accurate to call it "working together", but it surely isn't "working against each other". A perfect example is Cosmic Desktop. It is being developed for PopOS, but the entire Linux ecosystem can use it and will benefit from it. This is the same with nearly all software. The differences between distros is remarkably small from a development point-of-view. No one develops "for Ubuntu" or "for Arch", they simply target Linux, and it works for all of them. Again, package management is the only notable exception to this. I very much agree that the huge number of distros isn't very useful, no argument here, but who am I to tell someone what hobby project they choose to develop?
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