> If they aren't doing that, why do we need distros at all?
- To set up system daemons in a sane way. You're not going to containerize systemd.
- To set up and maintain desktop primitives. You're not going to containerize Wayland or audio systems.
- To integrate all these containers in a decent manner. Flatpak and its ilk have limitations that will have to be smoothed over by distros.
Will that mean a consolidation, since differences over packaging become less relevant? Maybe. I'm pretty sure we will still have significant differences between The Way RedHat Likes To Do Things, The Way Debian Likes To Do Things, The Way Canonical Likes To Do Things etc etc
- To set up system daemons in a sane way. You're not going to containerize systemd.
- To set up and maintain desktop primitives. You're not going to containerize Wayland or audio systems.
- To integrate all these containers in a decent manner. Flatpak and its ilk have limitations that will have to be smoothed over by distros.
Will that mean a consolidation, since differences over packaging become less relevant? Maybe. I'm pretty sure we will still have significant differences between The Way RedHat Likes To Do Things, The Way Debian Likes To Do Things, The Way Canonical Likes To Do Things etc etc