106

What's the most obscure distro you can think of

posted
by
Avatar
countrypunk@slrpnk.net
in
Avatar
linux@lemmy.ml
198 comments
hidereport
Sort:
HotTopControversialNewOld
Avatar
Pika@sh.itjust.works
1 point

Not super obscure, but not many talk about it. Q4OS, I love it, a perfect windows replacement down to even imitating the old style windows installer. Plus it’s Debian based so it has a lot of support. I plan on moving my grandparents to it when windows 10 gets fully discontinued as their current rig doesn’t support 11

permalink
report
reply
Avatar
Fatur_New@lemmy.ml
1 point
*

Longene Linux. Linux-based operating system kernel intended to be binary compatible with application software and device drivers made for Microsoft Windows and Linux.

permalink
report
reply
Avatar
superkret@feddit.org
67 points
*

Rebecca Black OS.
It is the only Linux distro to date built around Weston, using Wayland’s full capability:

It doesn’t include any Rebecca Black theming or is related to her in any way.
It’s just called that cause the dev is a fan of hers.

permalink
report
reply
Avatar
comfy@lemmy.ml
42 points

From the name, I expected a Hannah Montana Linux type distro.

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
12 points

Tell me if has a special “Friday” desktop at least.

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
tekato@lemmy.world
5 points

I’m pretty sure that screenshot is Wayfire, not Weston.

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
superkret@feddit.org
6 points

right. This is Weston (same distro):

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
A7thStone@lemmy.world
17 points

Meego, a combination of Intel’s Moblin and Nokia’s Maemo. It only ever shipped on one device, the Nokia N9.

permalink
report
reply
Avatar
PetteriPano@lemmy.world
4 points

I much enjoyed it back in the day. Nokia even had their own app store for it and gave a nice financial incentive for the first hundred or thousand apps.

I feel Jolla & SailfishOS is the spiritual successor.

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
mlg@lemmy.world
44 points
permalink
report
reply
Avatar
markstos@lemmy.world
2 points

Yes, particularly the variant distributed on a business-card sized CD rom. To be carried in your wallet for emergency use.

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
TootSweet@lemmy.world
8 points

Oh jeez. I forgot about that. I had that running on my DS back in the day from a GBA flashcart with a big-ass CompactFlash card sticking out the bottom. Good times.

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
Fargeol@lemmy.ml
5 points

Wow, I just realized it was the first Linux I ever used

permalink
report
parent
reply

Linux

!linux@lemmy.ml

Create post

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word “Linux” in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

  • Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
  • No misinformation
  • No NSFW content
  • No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

Community stats

  • 8.1K

    Monthly active users

  • 6.4K

    Posts

  • 175K

    Comments

Community moderators