Andrew Morton once lamented that the fellow who(couldn't remember) developed /dev drivers, had gone without a trace. This is unfortunately true of all unpaid labor. New people got Linux introduction and tested their skills at developing some codes. Then they got into Linux knee deep and quit quietly(give up).

This happens to paid developers too, who had to fix all the open source codes done by newbies. Attrition is high among the Novell programmers hired out of MIT. Shell shocked by terrorists of Linux codes(mono is developed at Novell).

So, open sourced community is always shifting in the sand(no stable core of skilled Linux programmers, we need 25,000 computer science graduates). Only Linus and Andrew stayed around, but can not have enough maintainers to do QC. Trying to get administrators to roll out firefox failed. Trying to force administrators to upgrade Linux versions failed. Who needs the Linux headaches without ROI or any payoff at the end of the rainbow?

Many servers work best with kernel 2.4.x kernels(stable desktops and server operating system). After six years of kernel 2.6.x development, the academicians are abandoning unionfs. Aufs created layers for the wrong apps(without regional distributed data for cron jobs). Gnome got tangled by mono. KDE can not use Python without fixing bindings. Udev is chasing 802.xx IEEE wireless standards. When will all this chaos end?

Linus is hoping Linux will be obsoleted to free him from shackles to his desk(reputation of Liunx). He is rich enough to retire. So, tuxmachines.org has to have people to teach Linux to get it working right? Reviewing some hopeful distros that might have a stable(aweetspots) enough, desktop or server? It is getting harder all the time, since the last time Susan did any review?