Post #3365393

2026-06-21 09:58 UTC

Thank you very much for the detailed and well-sourced write-up! I’ve saved it for later when I get to drill down on this. It kind of proves OP’s point though: distros do come with a lot of idiosyncrasies of “how things are done around these parts”.

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@EchoDelta_9@programming.dev 2026-06-21 13:54

Thank you very much for the detailed and well-sourced write-up! It has been my pleasure 😊. I really appreciate your kind words 🤍. It kind of proves OP’s point though: distros do come with a lot of idiosyncrasies of “how things are done around these parts”. Absolutely. But, I think it’s nuanced and the lines are becoming increasingly blurry. If something based on Fedora can become something based on Arch (and vice-versa), if almost any distro has multiple releases/channels/braches, if software for/from any distro can be installed on every other distro, then… at what point is it truly “around these parts” rather than “with those not-hardcoded system specifications”? Kinda like how DEs can be (un)installed, and how those come with implications on how some stuff is done…

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