Why Are There So Many Competing Open Source Projects?
<p>It has happened to all of us: you go looking for a software package to solve a problem and you find a great open source project. And then another. And another. Why does this happen?</p>
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<p>Sometimes multiple projects exist to solve the same problem because there are multiple approaches. The approaches can vary on technical merits or stylistic choices. Why have both a socket wrench and a box-end wrench in your toolbox? They’re both tools for turning bolts, but they have different features.</p>
<p>For example, KDE Plasma and LXQt are both Qt-based desktop environments. But Plasma is designed for a more feature-rich experience while LXQt is lightweight. When version 3 of the GNOME desktop came out, some people preferred the version 2 style and so continued developing it as the MATE desktop.</p>
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