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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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I'm in the process of making a distro that combines the way SteamOS makes Arch Linux stable and user-friendly WITH the performance optimizations of CachyOS (pu-239.org)

submitted 2 days ago by yxc999@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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As the title and the website say, I'm currently making a distro with the goal that you don't have to compromise between ease of use + safety and bleeding-edge + performance optimizations.

As I will likely be able to publish the 0.0.1 source code to the GitHub link and the ISO to the website sometime next week, I would like people to be aware of my project so I can have some feedback for further improvements when I release the first version. I have not posted this anywhere else yet, as I value the opinion of this community more than Reddit or whatever.

If you have any questions or any criticism, please voice it, I would love to hear it, good or bad, in the end I want to make a proper OS. (I'll go to bed now so expect replies to take a few hours from posting.)

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[–] porl@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I'd rather know what's going on. Silently working around a problem is how you end up with a system no longer set up the way you think it is.

[–] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

It''s not working around the issue, it's just refusing to update. You shouldn't need to manually rollback a system that doesn't boot. And you shouldn't need to manually troubleshoot or fix it either. Just report the failing update and wait for it to be fixed.

a system no longer set up the way you think it is.

The point of most atomic distros is that it's set up for you. If you want to manually investigate around and work around the issue yourself, then an atomic distro is probably not for you.

[–] yxc999@lemmy.ml 1 points 16 hours ago

Silently working around a problem is how you end up with a system no longer set up the way you think it is.

It’'s not working around the issue, it’s just refusing to update. You shouldn’t need to manually rollback a system that doesn’t boot. And you shouldn’t need to manually troubleshoot or fix it either. Just report the failing update and wait for it to be fixed.

Jup, I think that explains my point perfectly, thank you!

The point of most atomic distros is that it’s set up for you. If you want to manually investigate around and work around the issue yourself, then an atomic distro is probably not for you.

I'd add to this that my distro will just spare you the time to unfuck your system. What you do about the fact that the update failed is still up to you to figure out, but at least you start the figuring out process in your damn DE. That in no way is "silently changing how your system works", that's literally just saving you time by doing something that you would have to manually do yourself if it was even a possibility.