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Vanilla OS 2 Orchid - Stable Release (vanillaos.org)

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Still a shame it isn't based on the best distro in the world as it was initially planned.

EDIT: this was misinformation. Idk if I was hallucinating again or I confused it with another distro (e. g. BlendOS) but VanillaOS was never meant to be based on Arch.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm afraid basing their distro off TempleOS would be a bit too hard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

OTOH one gets Holly C, so it might be worth.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It was planned to be based on Arch ~~btw~~ fyi.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Very curious. I didn't know this. I tried verifying this, but didn't manage to do so.

So, I got to ask; Was this just a joke? Or is there (some) truth to this claim?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I would take a lot of time to find. Search in old TLE videos I guess. If he made news about it, there should be links to the sources too.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

OK but Debian is the best distro outside of this world.

The operating system used for key station functions is the Debian Linux distribution.[258] The migration from Microsoft Windows to Linux was made in May 2013 for reasons of reliability, stability and flexibility

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Bruh I thought Arch jokes were obvious but ok

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the EDIT because I thought I had really missed something.

I am addicted to Arch and the AUR but it is precisely that it is NOT Arch that makes Vanilla look attractive. Do I REALLY need multiple new kernels per month like Arch gives me?

Having a more stable base sounds like a great idea. Using containers to get access to the Arch repositories and the AUR on top of Debian sounds even better. Vanilla bakes support for that scenario right in.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

People really don't get jokes anymore

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I got your joke ( it was not subtle ). I have absolutely no idea why that would prevent me from making my comment.