A new distro — quite a special one :) (odysseylinux.org)

submitted 18 hours ago by cm0002@libretechni.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

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I know new distros pop up like mushrooms, but this one has a particular angle and level of care that I think might interest many of you — both experienced users and those who want a ready-to-use system.

It's called Odyssey. Void-based, rolling, no systemd. An optimized kernel à la CachyOS, browser running in RAM, a bulletproof supply chain (https://odysseylinux.org/security.html) you can verify yourself, and much moer. https://odysseylinux.org/features.html

Take a look: https://odysseylinux.org/

Stable release lands in early August — the beta is already available. I hope you'll find it interesting.

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[-] hunger@programming.dev 9 points 11 hours ago

The security theater is strong in this one.

"Nothing on this page asks for your faith.", immediently followed by a whole list of "trust me" (to manage the keys correctly, that the person notices the keys getting stolen, that she manage the entire signing process correctly, ...). No HW is used that could make it harder to steal keys, just some offline USB storage and a password manager. Every mainstream distro does way better than this, incl. Void linux this is based on.

No systemd with all the security improvements that brings either, but I guess that will bring in a small fan base:-)

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