The direction that a project is going, is further away than where you want it to go.
Lets consider Android vs. GNU/Linux (Now I personally hate calling Linux "GNU/Linux", but I need to differentiate it ). They both use the Linux kernel, but the rest of the Operating systems are very different. Android was forked so it can better suit a mobile system market. GNU/Linux was more towards the server and workstation. As Android uses more direct frame-buffer technology, GNU/Linux focuses around X windows. Android does
I wouldn't call Android a 'fork' of Linux. Linux is just a kernel, a plug-in component used in many different operating systems, i.e. Debian, Slackware, SuSE, Ubuntu. Android didn't 'fork' from any of those operating systems. It just incorporated the Linux kernel. It isn't a linux 'distribution' because it's for the most part a unified whole, not a dogs-breakfast of misc. userland programs from all over, which is what most (all?) of the operating systems that call themselves 'Linux' are.
Use-case? (Score:0)
What is the use-case that required a fork?
Re: (Score:2)
The direction that a project is going, is further away than where you want it to go.
Lets consider Android vs. GNU/Linux (Now I personally hate calling Linux "GNU/Linux", but I need to differentiate it ). They both use the Linux kernel, but the rest of the Operating systems are very different.
Android was forked so it can better suit a mobile system market. GNU/Linux was more towards the server and workstation.
As Android uses more direct frame-buffer technology, GNU/Linux focuses around X windows.
Android does
Re:Use-case? (Score:1)
I wouldn't call Android a 'fork' of Linux. Linux is just a kernel, a plug-in component used in many different operating systems, i.e. Debian, Slackware, SuSE, Ubuntu. Android didn't 'fork' from any of those operating systems. It just incorporated the Linux kernel. It isn't a linux 'distribution' because it's for the most part a unified whole, not a dogs-breakfast of misc. userland programs from all over, which is what most (all?) of the operating systems that call themselves 'Linux' are.