@[email protected] to [email protected] • 3 months agoUnneeded new distro(s) and their immaturity.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up1667
arrow-up1667imageUnneeded new distro(s) and their immaturity.lemmy.world@[email protected] to [email protected] • 3 months agomessage-square166fedilink
minus-squareSavvyWolfcakelinkfedilinkEnglish101•3 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink25•3 months agoEh I guess, but really just define your own meta packages and use arch 😄
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•3 months agoTake it a step further and declaratively configure your entire installation with nixos
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoLiterally tons of distros could be some lib.mkDefault nixos configs. And they would get a package manager improvement.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•3 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•3 months 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 😜)
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.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?