• 0xCAFe@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    That’s a long list of changes, wow.

    Personally, I’m not considering Vanilla OS just yet. It does too many things in a custom way. I am however keeping an eye on the project, since they have interesting ideas and they’re making progress in the area of immutable distributions (which will be the future I figure).

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    Wow, I’m mind blown. If you are remotely interested in that project, you should consider spending those 5 minutes to read the article.

    For my part, I’m considering to contribute by translating and testing the beta.
    It doesn’t seem “better” than Fedora Silverblue, but I always found the communication lacking. The team behind VOS on the other hand feels very level headed and emphasizes strongly on communication, which I both don’t see enough in the Linux community.

    Of course, technically speaking, VOS isn’t very revolutionary. Stuff like Distrobox, Waydroid and all the “other” things (Software center, etc.) existed before, but they weren’t advertised enough.

    In general, I really like their approach and the direction they are going. It really has the potential to surpass Linux Mint as the #1 beginner distro recommendation imo!

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    9 months ago

    All of this looks very complicated. What advantages does this have over other immutable systems, like fedora silverblue or opensuse aeon?

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    9 months ago

    Very cool. Had I not just installed (ublue) Kinoite, I’d probably be trying this today. I’m a chronic distrohopper, and this looks very cool.

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    9 months ago

    I like how a system instead of specs is described with marketing terminology, “light, simplicity in mind” and this with ubuntu and systemd under the hood.

    Alpine is light with simplicity in mind, anything that contains -buntu in its description is like a 1960s bus

    @flipflop97

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        9 months ago

        @ashley ubuntu is, yes, a pseudo distribution with funky installer, fonts, themes, mix of non-free software, appealing to those who just want a cheap system without the will to learn much.

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          9 months ago

          Bruh read before you reply. Vanilla OS is based on Debian, not Ubuntu. It used to be based on Ubuntu. Not anymore.

          Also, vanilla os is absolutely light weight compared to what people are used to.

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    9 months ago

    Hey this has nothing to do with OS/2. Seems kinda shady to embed the name of another known operating system into your own name?

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      9 months ago

      What? Vanilla os. Is very different than just OS2. Also OS 2 is how old now? I doubt many people even make that coorelation

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        9 months ago

        Heh I figured as much, it was just on my mind because I saw an article yesterday that the OS/2 archive is being shut down soon. It was one of my first attempts to escape Windows but it never quite made the cut.