Linux Desktop Fragmentation Is a Feature, Not a Bug

Posted by thesilviu on Sep 4, 2014 10:02 AM EDT
Softpedia; By Silviu Stahie
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One of the most common expressions that you will hear in the Linux community is platform fragmentation, and it's also one of the contra arguments that people spout when citing reasons not to get a Linux OS. I'm here to tell you why platform fragmentation is actually a good thing.

First of all, let's explain what people mean by platform fragmentation, which is also sometimes referred to as desktop fragmentation. The Linux ecosystem is populated by hundreds of active Linux distributions, some of them more popular than others. There are lots of different desktop environments and some of them might feel redundant.

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