Entering alpha stage
chimera-linux.org
Today marks the day when the project enters the alpha phase. This has some implications, though it is not a release per se, considering Chimera is a rolling distribution; let’s take a look at what it means for potential users and contributors.
    • sabaEnglish
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      1 year ago

      just downloaded it and booted it up in qemu. started up fast and working well. I ran apk upgrade. I’ve really liked using apk on postmarketOS and have thought before that if I switch distros on my laptop or desktop that I’d like to try Alpine(currently Void on laptop/desktop.) But now I might consider Chimera. Interested to see how the project develops, but looks like it’s off to a good start.

    • sabaEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It uses apk from Alpine. It has dinit instead of systemd. I think it has some similarities to runit, but I’m not sure. Instead of gnu coreutils, it uses utilities from freebsd.

  • marshy_dash970@lemmyrs.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Hmm I couldn’t find any common containertools in the packages. docker, podman, k3s, … are must haves these days. Besides that, it looks very interessting