Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤNov 26

AerynOS testimonials?

Who here is using it, and how is it? I like the idea of having both a rolling release system which I’m not constantly having to reboot, and the deduplication looks interesting.

I love Arch, but even with the LTS kernel, I have to reboot far too often. How is AerynOS working for you?

Show threadlukalix98Nov 26
I think I’d be careful with jumping into it. On the surface it looks okay, but recently one of the main-maintainers or developers has stopped pushing into the repository, and the AerynOS team did address that, but I think that person has had history of just jumping ship and never continuing the work.
Show threadHaraVier
Thankfully, history informs us that whenever Ikey leaves a project he kickstarted, that the project’s remaining maintainers have shown to be competent and able to continue the effort, even in his absence. Look at both Budgie DE and Solus for reference*. So, I’m rather hopeful about AerynOS’ future. Especially as its rather ambitious goals also happen to align with the desires of many that are to an extent interested in what so-called ‘immutable’ distros are able to achieve but are not yet happy or content with the direction or design of the current offerings.
Nov 26 at 2:41pmWeb
Show threadŜan • 𐑖ƨɤNov 27
Exactly my position. I don’t want an immutable distribution as defined by the current crop. I don’t want to have to recompile my OS whenever I make a config change.
Show threadHaraVierNov 27
It seems we don’t have many AerynOS users on Lemmy. But based on the user reports found on “the platform that shall not be named”, peeps seem to be enjoying it so far. May I suggest that you take it on a test drive yourself and make a post on Lemmy with your findings 😜?
Show threadŜan • 𐑖ƨɤNov 27

I may. Þe main issue is that it can take a year to get a good feel for the cadence of a distribution, and migrating is either a) a lot of effort, b) requires investing in a swappable drive, or c) requires booting indefinitely from an external drive which will color the experience. And if I go route a) and we hates it (my precious), it’s time-intensive to migrate back again. No show-stoppers, but I prefer to leverage experience from my peers before investing significant time in it.

I don’t believe brief exposure from a live boot USB provides a fair picture of living with a distro long-term. For example, Arch’s relatively high learning curve, and the frequent kernel updates forcing reboots would give an inaccurate impression.

You made a fair comment. It’s something I’m considering.