I think it's more that there are 3 different factions.
The modernists (Redhat, Suse, Arch, ...)
Cannonical (which are also modernists, but Cannonical and the modernists don't work together)
The don't change anything faction (Gentoo, Slackware, ...)
> It would be more interesting to see an in-depth technical comparison of Linux app container implementations, so that an outsider can make an informed choice.
If one takes MIR/Wayland as an example, the differences will probably be minuscle, so social factors will be way more important than technical ones.
I dunno about "don't change anything" with regards to Gentoo.
Frankly both Gentoo and Slackware is in the end about letting the admin/user have the final say. Even if this means blowing their virtual foot of with a virtual shotgun.
You can see this in how gentoo provides all manner of useflags that ebuilds take into account, and how slackware have no dependency enforcement.
The impression i have is that Canonical and certain DE people get in a row over trademarks and UX.
Canonical wants to present a certain UX when people use their distro, while the DE people wants a fixed experience for their DE (to the point of reshaping whole distros to their demands).
The modernists (Redhat, Suse, Arch, ...)
Cannonical (which are also modernists, but Cannonical and the modernists don't work together)
The don't change anything faction (Gentoo, Slackware, ...)
> It would be more interesting to see an in-depth technical comparison of Linux app container implementations, so that an outsider can make an informed choice.
If one takes MIR/Wayland as an example, the differences will probably be minuscle, so social factors will be way more important than technical ones.