Linux-factory: A framework used to create custom Linux Debian operating systems

Post by rascul » Tue, Feb 28, 2023, 1:18 PM UTC

jayp1418 wrote: post #55

clayrisser wrote: post #42

This project is a product of 4 years of work, mostly learning the Debian ecosystem. I started with Ubuntu, I’ve tried Arch, I’ve tried Gentoo, but nothing beats the ease of Debian when it comes to custom distributions. Debian was almost built to fork. Their ecosystem is amazing. Their live build tool is super. I built Linux Factory so everyone else can build custom Debian distributions easily without having to know t…

Thanks for tool. Will there be GUIed version in future ? Like Suse had previously ?

Post by csdvrx » Tue, Feb 28, 2023, 1:22 PM UTC

culopatin wrote: post #59

csdvrx wrote: post #34

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That's not arguing in good faith. Here's a simple example: you want hyprland, patheon and interception-caps2esc on ubuntu? Good luck! On arch, it's just a pacman away. You don't like how arch is perceived as elitist? Use manjaro. Ubuntu had its place in the last century, but with most development happening on git you need a rolling release.

It’s not funny if you have to explain it but it was mostly a joke, without rolling eyes. Also making fun a bit about how easy it is to make a claim that something is better than another thing and leave it at that, which is very common in every population but in particular something you hear from the arch one. I use Arch btw.

Post by merb » Tue, Feb 28, 2023, 1:30 PM UTC

ilovecaching wrote: post #61

clayrisser wrote: post #42

This project is a product of 4 years of work, mostly learning the Debian ecosystem. I started with Ubuntu, I’ve tried Arch, I’ve tried Gentoo, but nothing beats the ease of Debian when it comes to custom distributions. Debian was almost built to fork. Their ecosystem is amazing. Their live build tool is super. I built Linux Factory so everyone else can build custom Debian distributions easily without having to know t…

Why not just use mkosi? There are so many tools that do this already and mkosi is cross distro and can do super modern stuff like use UKIs.

Post by asdfqweqe12 » Tue, Feb 28, 2023, 2:02 PM UTC

merb wrote: post #66

ilovecaching wrote: post #61

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Why not just use mkosi? There are so many tools that do this already and mkosi is cross distro and can do super modern stuff like use UKIs.

always when somebody says "why not use use X?" i always need to thing at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 sometimes the answer is just, why not? - it's not forbidden to learn something or try a different approach.

Post by alex_smart » Tue, Feb 28, 2023, 3:59 PM UTC

csdvrx wrote: post #64

culopatin wrote: post #59

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It’s not funny if you have to explain it but it was mostly a joke, without rolling eyes. Also making fun a bit about how easy it is to make a claim that something is better than another thing and leave it at that, which is very common in every population but in particular something you hear from the arch one. I use Arch btw.

> It’s not funny if you have to explain it but it was mostly a joke, without rolling eyes. Poe law strikes again! My apologies then, because I known how Arch can have this reputation. But Arch is just so good! Ubuntu and RedHat seem to be stuck in the past: it's not just about rolling releases, but many small details that pile up. FYI I also find Alpine very interesting.