Sunshine@piefed.zip to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 6 个月前What are the more obscure independent linux distros?message-squaremessage-square90linkfedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up171arrow-down1message-squareWhat are the more obscure independent linux distros?Sunshine@piefed.zip to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 6 个月前message-square90linkfedilinkfile-text
We all know about Debian, Fedora and Arch but what about the lesser known ones that are built from the ground up?
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 个月前Buildroot, Alpine and OpenWRT Just a word of warning: be careful of some of the more obscure distros as they tend to get behind on security updates
minus-squareTehPers@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 个月前Alpine is less obscure now because of containers, but I haven’t considered running it as a desktop OS.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 个月前I wouldn’t personally use it on the desktop. If it ran systemd I’d consider it for servers.
minus-squarehereiamagain@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 个月前Openwrt is fairly secure, no? Otherwise people wouldn’t use it in their network stack?
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 个月前Generally it is pretty solid. By obscure I mean distros like Tinycore that don’t have security as a focus
Buildroot, Alpine and OpenWRT
Just a word of warning: be careful of some of the more obscure distros as they tend to get behind on security updates
Alpine is less obscure now because of containers, but I haven’t considered running it as a desktop OS.
I wouldn’t personally use it on the desktop. If it ran systemd I’d consider it for servers.
Openwrt is fairly secure, no? Otherwise people wouldn’t use it in their network stack?
Generally it is pretty solid. By obscure I mean distros like Tinycore that don’t have security as a focus