maduncle@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 9 days agoUnneeded new distro(s) and their immaturity.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareSavvyWolf@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoI 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.
minus-squareomgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoEh I guess, but really just define your own meta packages and use arch 😄
minus-squareTakumidesh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoTake it a step further and declaratively configure your entire installation with nixos
minus-squaresrestegosaurio@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoLiterally tons of distros could be some lib.mkDefault nixos configs. And they would get a package manager improvement.
minus-squareWeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoThis should be in c/ControversialOpinions.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoBut that doesn’t deserve to count as a separate distro. At best it’s just a variant, like the relationship between Kubuntu and Ubuntu.
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoShip of Theseus. How much do you need to change to make a new distro? Is Linux Mint still Ubuntu? Or is Ubuntu still Debian?
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 😄
btw
(it was implied 😜)
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.This should be in c/ControversialOpinions.
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?