maduncle@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 23 days ago

Unneeded new distro(s) and their immaturity.

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Unneeded new distro(s) and their immaturity.

maduncle@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 23 days ago

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SavvyWolf@pawb.social
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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.
- omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works
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  Eh I guess, but really just define your own meta packages and use arch 😄
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    23 days ago
    This should be in c/ControversialOpinions.
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    Take it a step further and declaratively configure your entire installation with nixos
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      Literally tons of distros could be some lib.mkDefault nixos configs. And they would get a package manager improvement.
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    btw
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      (it was implied 😜)
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  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.
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    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?

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