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The new project, called Hannah Montana Linux v26.0, brings back the internet-famous distro as a Debian-based live system with a heavily themed KDE Plasma desktop. Importantly, rather than being built from scratch, it is a nostalgic remaster that simply updates the original joke for today’s Linux desktop.

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[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 53 points 5 days ago (3 children)

It is silly, unnecessary, and probably not something most people will use every day.

Well now I'm going to unironically use it as my daily driver.

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 15 points 5 days ago

one day, Hannah Montana Linux will become the most popular Linux distro on the Steam Hardware Survey

[–] artyom@piefed.social 10 points 5 days ago

I mean honestly there's not any reason you couldn't. Other than I'm not sure how well it will be maintained.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 39 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Of course, no one should mistake Hannah Montana Linux v26.0 for a mainstream Linux distro meant for production use

i find this a little insulting

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 17 points 5 days ago

I mean, at the end of the day, it's still Debian, only with a themed KDE Plasma (or LXQt) desktop.

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You mean it shouldn't be run on nuclear launch computers?

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

Probably still better than whatever is running the nuclear launch computers.

[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

You can run this on the Steam Deck

[–] ID10T@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago

The Steam Deck really is the best of both worlds

[–] Marija@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 days ago

Haha, that's delightfully nostalgic

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Where's that famous flow chart?

Do you fear God? No

[–] Kaiserschmarrn@feddit.org 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] No_Money_Just_Change@feddit.org 14 points 5 days ago

With Hannah Montana Linux, God fears you

[–] GrilledCheese@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This would be better as a stand-alone theme imo

Of course it would, but then it wouldn't be a useful illustrative example when teaching noobs what a distro is.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Bah, what I really need to know is: What are the difference between this and Miley Cryus Linux?

^someone^ ^had^ ^to^ ^say^ ^it^ /s

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

The Miley Cryus Linux has more nudity and tatoos. Blus it takes a Wreaking Ball to your SSD.........

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago

I will say that I've never seen them both on the same drive

[–] Hairyfishnuts@feddit.online 2 points 5 days ago

Wrong direction.