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Let's Remember Where We Start
by ma_d on Thu 5th Oct 2006 22:41 UTC
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How do the mainstream packages get mainstream? Do they start out at day 1 that way?

No, users find them, download them, install them, and like them. Occasionally they talk about them, and eventually it becomes the status quo application in that arena. Often, this is because it's the only application in that arena that's in active development.

If only the most technical users are doing this only the most technical applications will end up available in the repositories.
One of Ubuntu's best qualities seems to be that its users find small projects and use them. They contribute decent bug reports, and are probably the nicest users btw (on average).

Ubuntu users aren't existing on the repo's...

What Mark dreams of, and what Ubuntu is actually doing seem to be radically different. Or maybe it's just been distorted in the grapevine?

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