Sunshine@piefed.zip to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 1 month agoWhat are the more obscure independent linux distros?message-squaremessage-square90linkfedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up169arrow-down1message-squareWhat are the more obscure independent linux distros?Sunshine@piefed.zip to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square90linkfedilinkfile-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-up12·1 month agoGNU Guix System is independent I think. Interesting distro, but not for the faint of heart.
minus-squarefrankenswine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agowhy? what does it do to faint hearts?
minus-squareaxx@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month 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.