We already have NixOS, why anything else?
(Guix is cool too).
A good wiki for it?
https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/NixOS_Wiki
Still lacking a bit of information about specific stuff.
Unofficial should have the same information, but sometimes there is a discrepancy.
https://search.nixos.org/options
For any option you might need the name of.
https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/options.html
For basically anything else where you just have the implementation documentation
Does it use Systemd? If so, then we need something else.
Service something from PCLinuxOS please, but with actual anaconda kick-starts.
Doesn’t have too! You can just use nix as a package manager and install it to whatever distro you choose 😉
Gentoo with an external build server. (for storage ir performanceconstrained systems)
I miss Pardus… Yali and Kaptan were the best
I wonder how many people genuinely used Pardus for just being Pardus until the Turkish government fucked it up
I mean, bait aside, creating a new distro with an existing package manager allows you to set up a different set of default packages and even add your own new/updated ones. That’s the value of it there.
Eh I guess, but really just define your own meta packages and use arch 😄
This should be in c/ControversialOpinions.
Take it a step further and declaratively configure your entire installation with nixos
Literally tons of distros could be some
lib.mkDefaultnixos configs. And they would get a package manager improvement.
btw
(it was implied 😜)
But that doesn’t deserve to count as a separate distro. At best it’s just a variant, like the relationship between Kubuntu and Ubuntu.
Ship of Theseus.
How much do you need to change to make a new distro? Is Linux Mint still Ubuntu? Or is Ubuntu still Debian?
Sorry, the best I can do is busybox as init.
Cat on a table.jpg says:
“I’m going to create a new distro by changing the name of Debian”
All the different distros are all about the vibe and not a lot else. The Linux kernel remains pretty much the same and we just choose different window dressings.
I suppose we could role it all back to Debian Stable and Slackware I guess. Do we need a “Distro Thanos?” Besides, without all those different distros, how you gonna surf?
So don’t harsh the vibes man.
The Linux kernel remains pretty much the same
So you’ve never tried the Zen Kernel?
No I haven’t bothered to surf that one up yet. But, if it’s vastly different, then it’s not Linux and not germane to this meme.
Is Linux, called linux-zen on some package managers.
But is different than the LTS Kernel, which is also different than the pre-release kernels, which are also different than the stable kernels.
So idk, “what is” Linux and what’s not, according to you.
Maybe you thinking of GNU Hurd? Or the Darwin kernel?
After doing a quick search, I don’t see enough differences for the Zen kernel to claim it’s so special. The main line kernel has to be a “one size fits all” from servers to gaming and anything in between. Zen is just a recompiled mainline kernel with some chosen optimizations for better specific use cases-- mostly desktop/gaming. Which is nothing I can’t do if I recompile my bog standard Fedora kernel for those optimizations.
I never said it was special, but I’m glad you searched bud!
< Do we need a Distro Thanos? > Ubuntu has enough snaps for all the distros!
Idk, it’s a hobby. There’s no problem with new distros. If they’re good, they take off, if not, it’s going to be a niche project. No issue at all.
It’s more than a hobby. That’s kinda the point.
I don’t really get this distro thing.
So it is basically just like choosing which app to access reddit with, except that if i choose the wrong app i might be auto-banned from a lot of the subs?
Also, i won’t see stuff i am searching for sometimes, because the distros sometimes make trouble if someone else hasn’t already subscribed? Or is that only on mastodon?
I am using Voyager, and chose lemm.ee for no apparent reason. But so far, it just feels like a shittier version of reddit but with better mods? I dunno.
I think you’re confused between a Linux distro and a Lemmy server
Never touched linux, but i am referring to this
And you’re on c/linux memes talking about “distros” (short for linux distributions) as if they were lemmy servers. You won’t be banned anywhere just because you install the distro ubuntu, none of it has anything to do with reddit, lemmy, mastodon, nor voyager. To put it quite simply, it does indeed seem that you are confusing linux distros with lemmy servers. Otherwise you’re purposefully off topic I suppose, which, ok I guess.
You’re right, i was confused then 😂
Android is Linux
Okay yes thank you, but we both know what was meant.
I cringed so bad reading this.
Does my distro qualify for this? I already implemented my own package manager and init system in Rust, and the only thing to do is to port build scripts from Arch to my format and make an ISO.
Choose a Distel by the default wallpaper.
In that case uwuntu for life.
By logo openSUSE ftw
This post and comments create a whirlwind of emotion. What do I believe!?
Or a new based DE, like with new libs and frameworks for making ui
At least own the libs
Owning libs in this economy? You’ll have to settle for renting a few.
Make your own framework just to own the libs.
No need to make a new distro, just package it into NixOS
Good point
Just a reminder that nix packages works on most any distro, and then they work like other universal packages, but without the sandboxing
NixOS is just when you take this to the logical conclusion and have every part of the distro packaged in Nix, including configuring your OS, and optionally your users configuration files as well.
Lol no.
Hardware support is not really the province of distro, to me. Which makes them even more ridiculous.
Or do, that guy isn’t your boss. If he is, what are you doing listening to him about non work stuff he seems like a gatekeeper kina guy.