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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Chimera Linux (chimera-linux.org)

submitted 1 year ago by wgs@lemmy.sdf.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] Zucca@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alpine is nice, but this one has some differences:

LLVM instead of GCC toolchain
not so barebones, gives you more ready-to-go installation
obviously not so lightweight

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought the whole point of alpine is it's lightweight, given its use in so many docker containers

[–] Zucca@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I was stating that this Chimera isn't that lightweight.

[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

They are saying these are the difference Chimera has