If it was "born from unhappiness with the status quo" why not join forces with Void Linux?
The creator used to be a Void contributor.
Chimera Linux works toward a simplified desktop
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#23If it was "born from unhappiness with the status quo" why not join forces with Void Linux?
Void Linux is part of the status quo they were unhappy with.
Chimera Linux started off as a rewrite of the Void source packaging system. One of the complaints was using shell scripts for package templates. Chimera cports uses Python. Cports builds the binary packages (for apk 3).
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Linux driver support. There’s a ton of wifi drivers and the like that are supported under linux but not under BSD.
Obscure driver support doesn’t seem like it fits with a “simplified” Linux but maybe…
The list of hardware supported by the Linux kernel is not exactly “obscure”.
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#26Why not just use a BSD?
The obvious answer is to build on the Linux kernel. That means more extensive desktop hardware support. That means better desktop software compatibility. That means robust support for OCI containers.
But Chimera goes beyond the BSD model in several ways. For example, it aims to bring the Systemd feature-set while avoiding Systemd.
It also uses pipewire and Wayland.
As mentioned elsewhere, the Chimera Linux founder also found the FreeBSD packaging system to be lacking.
Chimera Linux also aims for stateless /etc and /var.
There is a lot more to Chimera Linux than the userland.
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#27never heard of it, but interesting setup. FreeBSD user land with Linux and Gnome/Wayland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_Linux
Why single out GNOME? There are also KDE images, and of course, plenty of other DEs and WMs in the repos which you can always install.
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#29Simplified desktop doesn’t very clearly map to “very text oriented, barebones Linux UI“. I was expecting something more like the ststem76 Pop OS kinda thing when I read this.
I think it would be better to say “simplified desktop Linux”. The project is more about the Linux “plumbing” than about opinions about the desktop environment.
Chimera is not even out of beta and it already includes GNOME, KDE, XFCE, LXQT, and others. The founder uses GNOME but Chimera users do not have to.
Re: Chimera Linux works toward a simplified desktop
#30never heard of it, but interesting setup. FreeBSD user land with Linux and Gnome/Wayland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_Linux
Why single out GNOME? There are also KDE images, and of course, plenty of other DEs and WMs in the repos which you can always install.
The project founder uses GNOME and it says that GNOME is the desktop in various places including the project website and Wikipedia.
Other options are available though and there is even a KDE live bootable image. I use Chimera Linux with KDE.