z3braJul 17, 2023

Chimera Linux

https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/970259

Chimera Linux - SDF Chatter

I just found about this distro, which is relatively new (2021). Its specificity is that it doesn’t features any GNU software by default, which I find interesting.

Show threadZucca
Alpine is also GNU-free afaik.
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Jul 17, 2023 at 7:17pmWeb
Show threadbdonvrJul 17, 2023
It’s a lot of things-free, to be fair
Show threadz3braJul 17, 2023
That’s kind of the point though, as it’s now used as a base for many containers ;)
Show threadmonotroxJul 18, 2023
Its still amazing how easy it is to use still, you can get a desktop environment running in a couple of minutes and apk is insanely fast and easy
Show threadz3braJul 17, 2023
That’s right ! It uses BusyBox as its userland which was my main problem with it (though you can easily install GNU coreutils).
Show threadBaron Von JJul 17, 2023
had the same thought, not sure if Alpine is built with LLVM though.
Show threadZuccaJul 18, 2023
Yup. It uses GCC toolchain afaik.
Show threadashJul 18, 2023
Chimera Linux actually uses apl or Alpine Package Keeper as its package manager, they acknowledge this but despite that market themselves as if they did something revolutionary that has never been done before
Show threadLeFantomeJul 18, 2023
Alpine is still GCC based in the very least.
Show threadZuccaJul 18, 2023
Indeed it seems so.