brent at this point it just seems like sport.
Or ego, or vanity, or OCD, or who knows what ...
As the FOSS article @tuxlover4 linked in another thread noted: "There are approximately six billion Linux distros (or so it seems). Most of them are reskins of Ubuntu or Arch, with at least one new feature added or highlighted."
What I'd like to see is reviews that compare base and spin, focusing on what's been added, why its been added, and what difference it makes.
What, for example, does Tuxedo bring to the table that Kubuntu doesn't? What does Ultramarine bring to the table that Fedora's KDE spin doesn't? And so on.
With the exception of Solus, I've stayed with Ubuntu and official Ubuntu flavors for close to two decades. I've done that because Ubuntu, whatever else anyone has to say about it, is developed and maintained by professionals, has strong financial backing and a large user community, has a good reputation for stability, has good hardware support across the board, is meticulous about security updates, and has the best support resources (tutorials, wikis, documentation, community support forums) in the business.
All the spins, it seems to me, make little sense, in terms of cost/benefit, unless the spin adds something of real value. I've looked at a lot of different distros, exploring Solus Budgie and Solus Plasma alternatives, and my response to what's added is usually "Meh ..."
