Hacker News with Generative AI: Linux Distributions

CINC Is Not Chef (cinc.sh)
A Free-as-in-Beer distribution of the open source software of Chef Software Inc. See goals for details, or follow our blog for updates on the project.

Open Source, Software, Chef, Linux Distributions

50 points by duck 9 hours ago | 49 comments

Binary Distribution Rebuilds (josefsson.org)
I rebuilt (the top-50 popcon) Debian and Ubuntu packages, on amd and arm64, and compared the results a couple of months ago. Since then the Reproduce.Debian.net effort has been launched. Unlike my small experiment, that effort is a full-scale rebuild with more architectures. Their goal is to reproduce what is published in the Debian archive.

Linux Distributions, Debian, Ubuntu, Reproducibility

29 points by JNRowe 5 days ago | 3 comments

Best Linux distro in 2025 for non-experts (ycombinator.com)
This is about finding a good linux distro for my parents to use. Apparently, Windows now requires an outlook account in order to log into your computer. Well - his outlook account has been hacked. (In fact, it's the second time he's had a Microsoft account be hacked.

Linux Distributions, Operating Systems, Personal Computing, Security

23 points by vvvnnnnvvv 5 days ago | 33 comments

A tale of distros joining forces for a common goal: reproducible builds [video] (fosdem.org)

Linux Distributions, Reproducible Builds, Open Source, Security, Collaboration

144 points by todsacerdoti 56 days ago | 63 comments

Seeking Support After Equinix Metal Sunsets (alpinelinux.org)
We are deeply grateful to Equinix Metal (formerly Packet.net) for their longstanding support, which has been essential to Alpine Linux’s ecosystem. However, with Equinix sunsetting their bare-metal hosting service, this critical support will soon end. Their contributions have been invaluable, and we thank them for helping keep Alpine Linux reliable and efficient.

Linux Distributions, Cloud Hosting, Infrastructure

16 points by ahamez 60 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: Recommendations for a Linux Distro and Laptop? (ycombinator.com)
I'd like to switch to Linux by 2026. I'm comfortable on the commandline, but not an expert. I'd like something that is relatively easy to use and stable. I do enjoy tinkering and will hopefully learn more about Linux, but for now, I'm mostly interested in making the transition as easy as possible?<p>I build websites and simple web apps so I don't need anything super powerful.<p>Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Linux Distributions, Laptops, Programming, Operating Systems, Hardware

27 points by lemonberry 62 days ago | 61 comments

Distrowatch.com Facebook Ban (distrowatch.com)
Welcome to this year's 4th issue of DistroWatch Weekly!

Linux Distributions, News, Community

34 points by tac19 67 days ago | 3 comments

Chimera Linux works toward a simplified desktop (lwn.net)
Chimera Linux is a new distribution designed to be "simple, transparent, and easy to pick up".

Linux Distributions, Operating Systems, Desktop Environments

115 points by linfocito 69 days ago | 123 comments

T2 System Development Environment (t2sde.org)
We are pleased to announce T2 24.12 as a major update with a total of 37 pre-compiled base install ISOs for various Glibc, Musl and uClibc combinations are available for 25 CPU ISAs: Alpha, Arc, ARM(64), Avr32, HPPA(64), IA64, Loongarch64, M68k, Microblaze, MIPS(64), Nios2, OpenRISC, PowerPC(64), RISCV(64), s390x, SPARC(64), SuperH, i486, i686, x86-64 and x32.

Operating Systems, Software Development, Open Source, CPU Architectures, Linux Distributions

33 points by marcodiego 99 days ago | 1 comments

Alpine Linux 3.21: Lean, mean, and LoongArch-ready (theregister.com)
A fresh release of the minimalist and very lightweight Alpine Linux is here, with support for Chinese LoongArch64 CPUs.

Linux Distributions, Operating Systems, Hardware, CPU Architecture

6 points by LinuxBender 108 days ago | 0 comments

Adélie Linux 1.0-BETA6 Released (adelielinux.org)
TULSA (December 15, 2024) — The Adélie Linux distribution’s sixth beta release, 1.0-BETA6, is now available for download1 for 32- and 64- bit ARM, POWER, and x86. Compatible systems include smartphones, game consoles, ’90s-era PCs, and supercomputers2.

Linux Distributions, Operating Systems, ARM, PowerPC, x86

20 points by todsacerdoti 110 days ago | 9 comments

Ubuntu 24.10 Review (dedoimedo.com)
The more sharp-eyed among you will have noticed: I've not done an Ubuntu review in some six years.

Ubuntu, Linux Distributions, Operating Systems, Reviews

4 points by tannhaeuser 110 days ago | 1 comments

Ubuntu 24.10 review – Oracular but not spectacular (dedoimedo.com)
The more sharp-eyed among you will have noticed: I've not done an Ubuntu review in some six years.

Ubuntu, Linux Distributions, Operating Systems, Reviews

5 points by jandeboevrie 111 days ago | 0 comments

Apertis v2024 released – Debian Bookwarm for industrial embedded devices (lwn.net)
Apertis is a Collabora-developed Debian derivative distribution designed to be incorporated into electronic devices; the v2024 release is now available. It is now based on the Bookworm release, and includes support for Podman, ONNX Runtime, OP-TEE, and more.

Linux Distributions, Debian, Embedded Systems

10 points by mfilion 119 days ago | 1 comments

Ubuntu Hoping to Remove Qt 5 Before Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (phoronix.com)
Ubuntu developer Simon Quigley laid out the plans for hoping Ubuntu packages will move from Qt 5 to Qt 6 so that by the time of the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS cycle in early 2026 that the older version of this graphical toolkit can be removed.

Ubuntu, Qt, Linux Distributions, Software, Operating Systems

86 points by sandwichsphinx 154 days ago | 95 comments

Debian’s “secret” sauce (lwn.net)
While Debian's "sauce" is not actually all that secret, it is not particularly well-known either, Samuel Henrique said at the start of his DebConf24 talk.

Debian, Linux Distributions, Operating Systems, Open Source

214 points by signa11 162 days ago | 45 comments

Nonfree software found in GNU Boot releases again, many distros affected (savannah.gnu.org)
Nonfree software found in GNU Boot releases again, many distros affected.

Software, Open Source, Security, Linux Distributions

67 points by TangerineDream 167 days ago | 58 comments

Glaucus: A simple and lightweight Linux distribution based on musl and toybox (github.com/glaucuslinux)
A simple and lightweight Linux® distribution based on musl libc and toybox

Linux Distributions, Operating Systems, Musl, Toybox

13 points by ocean_moist 185 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Linux Tint, A Free as in Freedom distro with actual good UI (ycombinator.com)

Linux Distributions, User Interface, Open Source

8 points by applestone 201 days ago | 0 comments

The Insecurity of Debian (unix.foo)
In June of 2023 Red Hat made a controversial decision to change how they distribute the source code behind Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). There have been a lot of keyboards tapped angrily across social media that left many uncertain about the ramifications of the decision. There were many questions about the future viability of downstream rebuilds of RHEL affecting distributions like Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, and others. Each have since made announcements to try and calm their communities.

Linux Distributions, Open Source, Security

248 points by cylo 212 days ago | 239 comments

Debian Developers Figuring Out Plan for Removing More Unmaintained Packages (phoronix.com)

Debian, Linux Distributions, Software Maintenance, Open Source

8 points by LinuxBender 213 days ago | 3 comments

Linux Deepin 23: A polished distro from China (theregister.com)

Linux Distributions, China, Operating Systems

7 points by sohkamyung 224 days ago | 0 comments

OpenBSD on ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 running KDE 6 (brynet.ca)

OpenBSD, Linux Distributions, ThinkPad, KDE

13 points by brynet 241 days ago | 0 comments

SnowflakeOS: Beginner friendly and GUI focused NixOS variant (snowflakeos.org)