Chimera Linux ( @chimera ) running KDE ( @kde ) Plasma 6.6.1 on an Asus V1Jp Notebook from 2006
CPU: Intel Core 2 T5600
GPU: AMD Mobility Radeon X1700
RAM: 3 GB DDR2 667 MHz / PC2-5300
HDD: Western Digital WD5000BEVT Scorpio Blue 500GB 5400 RPM*

*Note: Can't justify to waste a SSD on this old machine with the current market pricing

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Further thoughts on Chimera Linux. I haven't run into any major issues. Battery life is about the same as OpenSUSE while using it (I have an old battery, so that checks out). Though, Chimera's sleep mode seems better. I don't have hard proof. It just feels better.

#ChimeraLinux #linux

Thought bubble: What, technically speaking, would prevent me from setting up gaming on Chimera Linux, such that I can get performance and quality levels near or on par with CachyOS or Bazzite?

#Chimeralinux #chimera #Linux #FOSS

Huuuuge thank you to @chimera for their very clear and stress relieving stance on "generative" AI, as well as other unpleasant things that go against the values one should expect of FLOSS projects. You may have earned yourself a new user based on that alone!
Time to boot up an old laptop and see how it runs~!

Also, side note: "Chimera" Linux. Idek if I'm pronouncing that correctly when I say it out loud, but whichever way I try ends up sounding nice. I like that name (and your colour scheme). :3

#ChimeraLinux #Linux #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #FuckAI #NoAI #GenerativeAI #GenAI #LLM #LLMs

RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@musl/116275994937087305

One more reason to use #ChimeraLinux , a certified gay, completely #woke distro.

Okay. Now that I'm back home. It's time to install Chimera on my laptop.

#Linux #ChimeraLinux

I think I'm going to give Chimera Linux a try. It looks weird, but in a good way.

#linux #ChimeraLinux

Been doing a little anecdotal cross comparing Alpine versus Chimera for little things that I stub my toe on every once in a while.

I notice that Chimera already has Plasma 6.6 since it is a rolling release. I expect for Alpine it'll come with 3.24 in May. Which is fine of course - no one died waiting for a point release. Ha.

I wanted to dump ImageMagick for an alternative method to CLI bulk convert webp images. Alpine has libwepb-tools and ffmpeg (fishing with nukes), but wanted to try gmic. It is in (a)testing but complains that libImath is not available. Edge has it so will be in 3.24 I guess. Chimera installed it without issue.

Alpine doesn't rely on Flatpak as much for the stuff I use compared to Chimera but that's no big deal, especially coming from Debian.

I have nothing scientific (metrics) to back this up but Chimera seems to run like a scalded cat in a VM, even compared to Alpine after coming from Debian. May need to reinstall on real hardware & verify.

Fun!

#Linux #AlpineLinux #ChimeraLinux