Yes, I am able to imagine that Ubuntu team members might even switch to the CBL development team at some point. If Ubuntu would drop even remotely close to Slackware levels of popularity, then I would consider Ubuntu to be absolutely destroyed, never to resurrect again. (As mentioned above, it happened already with Mint, but since Mint is like Ubuntu’s brother, I do not count that as “destroying” Ubuntu.) If – in a Linuxer’s worst dream – CBL might ever become more mainstream than Ubuntu, I would consider it being in the process of being “destroyed” because it would seem to me like after all this time Ubuntu losing its high point in the market would be close to destruction. The same thing may apply for any other distribution. To me, it does not matter if some tiny minority of old hackers still use Slackware. Ubuntu rules the table and it will stay like that until something better comes along. Literally nobody cares about Slackware today, anymore. Why? Because there is like a 0.01% chance it will ever gain any significancy ever again. I assume – correct me if I’m wrong – that you think, Slackware isn’t “destroyed”, because it is still one of the oldest Linux distributions that are still used today! However, in my opinion, Slackware is absolutely destroyed.

It is now still popular, but overall, Ubuntu wins the war, even if not does not and did not win every battle. Mint, which is based on Ubuntu, was extremely popular for a short time, even more popular than Ubuntu. Ubuntu crushed pretty much every other distribution, after it became popular, including Slackware. I probably have a different definition of “destroy”, than you guys.Ī long time ago, Slackware was one of the most popular Linux distributions. That won’t mean destroying Linux, but the opposite.

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