Post #2083679

2026-05-02 23:57 UTC

people will tell you about the new hot linux distro called Gorbo Linux and you look at it and it's just a custom Arch Linux install with debatably broken packages

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@radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top 2026-05-03 00:02

@eblu@wetdry.world Either that or it’s Ubuntu with theming only a 1980s webdev could love :cate:

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@flesh@transfem.social 2026-05-05 18:59

@eblu@wetdry.world SteamOS

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@hokaze@social.treehouse.systems 2026-05-05 19:34

RE: https://wetdry.world/@eblu/116507687896480121 Early 2000s: hot new linux distro is just Debian stable with different settings to provide a desktop more familiar to Windows users Late 2000s: hot new linux distro is just Debian unstable with slightly better multimedia support and installer 2010s: hot new linux distro is just Ubuntu but without whatever dumb stuff Canonical is pushing and a few custom repos...and different settings to provide a desktop more familiar to Windows users 2020s: hot new linux distro is just Arch but will break and become unmaintainable in a few months 2030s: hot new linux distro is just SteamOS for ARM using some unholy wine bottle proton sandboxing x86_64 -> ARM64 compatibility layer labyrinth to provide a desktop familiar to Windows users 2040s: hot new linux distro is just Debian stable running on the scavenged Old World technology that the megacorps don't want you to have

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