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Re: Serpent OS Pre-Alpha-0 released

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Post by kragen » Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 4:30 AM UTC

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #10

kragen wrote: post #9

did they implement the linux system call interface or come up with their own? how linux-compatible is it? it must be pretty complete if it can run firefox

I'm pretty sure it is a Linux distro, if slightly unusual userspace.

why are they calling it an os then? cosplaying arnold kling?

Re: Serpent OS Pre-Alpha-0 released

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Post by akovaski » Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 4:38 AM UTC

kragen wrote: post #11

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm pretty sure it is a Linux distro, if slightly unusual userspace.

why are they calling it an os then? cosplaying arnold kling?

Its fairly common to refer to Linux distros as an OS, or even include OS in the distro name (Pop!_OS, NixOS, CentOS). Linux is the kernel, and disros add stuff to make a functional operating system.

Re: Serpent OS Pre-Alpha-0 released

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 4:46 AM UTC

akovaski wrote: post #12

kragen wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why are they calling it an os then? cosplaying arnold kling?

Its fairly common to refer to Linux distros as an OS, or even include OS in the distro name (Pop!_OS, NixOS, CentOS). Linux is the kernel, and disros add stuff to make a functional operating system.

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Re: Serpent OS Pre-Alpha-0 released

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Post by randkyp » Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 5:44 AM UTC

kragen wrote: post #11

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm pretty sure it is a Linux distro, if slightly unusual userspace.

why are they calling it an os then? cosplaying arnold kling?

It's a trademark thing; there are some prerequisites and manual approval involved before you get to officially name your distro "[Distro Name] Linux".

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/legal/the-linux-mark

Re: Serpent OS Pre-Alpha-0 released

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Post by gertop » Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 5:45 AM UTC

kragen wrote: post #11

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm pretty sure it is a Linux distro, if slightly unusual userspace.

why are they calling it an os then? cosplaying arnold kling?

ChromeOS

SteamOS

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EndeavourOS

ZorinOS

CentOS

SerpentOS

Cosplayers, all of them!

Re: Serpent OS Pre-Alpha-0 released

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Post by tkz1312 » Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 5:58 AM UTC

Looks very cool. Seems to have a very similar feature set to nixos, curious how they compare?

Re: Serpent OS Pre-Alpha-0 released

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Post by ofrzeta » Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 6:08 AM UTC

It might be an "OS" but it has a Linux kernel. It's a self-acclaimed "pioneering Linux distribution". It has some features other distros/tools implement to some extent as well: rebootless atomic upgrades, rollback. See Fedora/rpm-os-tree, Nix etc.

Re: Serpent OS Pre-Alpha-0 released

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Post by nolist_policy » Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 7:14 AM UTC

kragen wrote: post #9

did they implement the linux system call interface or come up with their own? how linux-compatible is it? it must be pretty complete if it can run firefox

> We're creating Serpent OS, an independent Linux distribution built from the ground up to look after itself.

Re: Serpent OS Pre-Alpha-0 released

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Post by Lerc » Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 7:22 AM UTC

arccy wrote: post #3

prealpha is such a weird name, just call it a dev/nightly build or an actual alpha

For the level of development I would consider preAlpha, I would count myself lucky if it built on any given night.

I think of it as, "hey, this one doesn't immediately implode. Let's let people look at it"

Re: Serpent OS Pre-Alpha-0 released

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Post by written-beyond » Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 8:01 AM UTC

gertop wrote: post #15

kragen wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why are they calling it an os then? cosplaying arnold kling?

ChromeOS SteamOS PopOS ElementaryOS EndeavourOS ZorinOS CentOS SerpentOS Cosplayers, all of them!

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