Don't you want to make the letters even smaller? I almost get crossed eyes trying to read the features.
Odyssey Linux
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Re: Odyssey Linux
#12It's unlikely that someone who understands this well enough to see its value wouldn't be completely comfortable with a terminal interface.
Re: Odyssey Linux
#13Don't you want to make the letters even smaller? I almost get crossed eyes trying to read the features.
I closed the page and gave up figuring out what this was about because of the poor contrast ratio and tiny font.
[edit] apparently the contrast ratio is technically okay. But this is one of those cases where raw contrast ratio isn't actually a good measure of accessibility. Just because some text has 5.92:1 contrast ratio, doesn't mean that at 11px font-size it's legible.
Re: Odyssey Linux
#14"Odyssey holds a balance that's unique in the GNU/Linux landscape. It carries the essence of Void's purist Unix philosophy — its stable rolling-release model — and refines it into a ready-to-use experience, a verifiable chain of trust, and a coherent aesthetic. The first polished no-systemd distribution: optimized, customized, simple yet powerful, privacy- and security-oriented."
>The first polished no-systemd distribution
Surely not. There were no polished Debians before 2014?
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#15Website design is borderline unreadable and the copy just drips LLM slop. This is your first interaction with potential users. Please put some care into accessibility and originality (just write like we are chatting). Your current website is very off-putting.
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#16Don't you want to make the letters even smaller? I almost get crossed eyes trying to read the features.
LLMs don't notice this. Gray-on-black-small-letters. An immediate close the tab for me.
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#17I understand what it is. I'm just wondering why. The code is also not immediately available, which makes claims towards any chain of trust somewhat dubious. And I'm not sure what purist really means in this context, and how a rolling release is - or even implies - inherently "pure" Unix. If systemd is the hill to die on, Void is active and supported. Usually I default to encouragement; I don't mean to put any water o…
It's Void with GUIs around runit and xbps. The problem being attempted is that Void is not very accessible to users new to Linux. This is pretty clear from the website.
You mean the website that hijacks, then breaks, the back button making it incredibly annoying to read?
I gave up after the 2 faq links.
Re: Odyssey Linux
#18high-volume, highly detailed writing with a confusing sense of grandiosity for something people haven't yet heard of. i'm sure it's great, but a lot of this smells like LLM.
Same vibe.
Plus, there is a very "community" spirit in successful distros.
The Linux version of TempleOS is of clinical interest only.
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#19> Odyssey is Void with three extra packages > This distribution is maintained by one person. I'm sorry if this is too negative, but I give it less than 12 months before it's abandoned. Maintaining a linux distro gets very boring after a while.
It doesn't have to be boring if you challenge yourself just enough to make something neat. But I can pretty much guarantee it can get tedious and ungrateful. On top of that, you're not getting paid. I know I can't afford to live that life. Perhaps when I retire, idk.
Re: Odyssey Linux
#20I understand what it is. I'm just wondering why. The code is also not immediately available, which makes claims towards any chain of trust somewhat dubious. And I'm not sure what purist really means in this context, and how a rolling release is - or even implies - inherently "pure" Unix. If systemd is the hill to die on, Void is active and supported. Usually I default to encouragement; I don't mean to put any water o…
> The code is also not immediately available, which makes claims towards any chain of trust somewhat dubious.