Sunshine@piefed.zip to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 3 days agoWhat are the more obscure independent linux distros?message-squaremessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareWhat are the more obscure independent linux distros?Sunshine@piefed.zip to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square85fedilinkfile-text
We all know about Debian, Fedora and Arch but what about the lesser known ones that are built from the ground up?
minus-squarebanazir@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 days agoGNU Guix System is independent I think. Interesting distro, but not for the faint of heart.
minus-squarefrankenswine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agowhy? what does it do to faint hearts?
minus-squareaxx@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoMakes them read Scheme. But seriously, it’s a scheme-based approach to a fully free declarative OS, similar to NixOS (from which it was forked ages ago. They are doing very interesting work and some HPC and scientific folks are taking notice.
GNU Guix System is independent I think. Interesting distro, but not for the faint of heart.
why? what does it do to faint hearts?
Makes them read Scheme.
But seriously, it’s a scheme-based approach to a fully free declarative OS, similar to NixOS (from which it was forked ages ago. They are doing very interesting work and some HPC and scientific folks are taking notice.