jpeters
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Posted: Jan. 02 2008,08:35 |
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DSL is probably more art than science, which must be quite frustrating to the early potty training set. Science attempts to establish an absolute by laboriously testing a null hypothesis. DSL starts with a vision which is expressed via the creative manipulation of language. As opposed to absolutes, the expression is dynamic and transient (and often flawed). I share what worked for me (at the moment) with no guarantee it will work for you. The community builds on itself, forms it's own process.
Why DSL has made it this far, where so many other distros have failed, is probably a combination of the inherent usefulness of the vision (a small, portable, very fast, efficient, operating system contrary to the direction of mainstream systems) and the work of a few gifted individuals like Robert who could take the initial vision and expand it into it's current state. DSL's life, however, is dependent on the community that supports it.
Science does best in the laboratory, but tends to fail in the community, where the elements of unpredictability and unforeseen variables continue to play havoc. May DSL continue to be riddled with holes, like the rest of life.
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