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Where to go now since Linux is mainstream
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How is no-one here saying QubesOS???
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TempleOS or make your own
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but then wait, CHROMEOS IS A GENTOO INSTALLER!
Do you mean all the tears of people bitching on Gentoo because it is allegedly difficult to install were in vain?
Though on a serious note, I unironically wanted Gentoo/BSD to keep existing so I could move to it. I like FreeBSD (but not its users) or DragonflyBSD but pkg/pkgsrc can't hold a candle to Portage in terms of letting you fine tune your install.
I started using Gentoo many years ago, and took a break from it for a few years. It has some overhead to maintain. Two years or so ago I went back to it and, no joke, it is so much simpler now. Dist-kernel, dracut, refind just sorted everything. I felt like I was cheating. I don't have to write my own custom initramfs for my custom needs? Stuff just solves it? And compilation errors and conflicts even when running a bunch of keyworded packages: gone! What is going on?
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NixOS. And be really annoying about declarative software environments
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Linux from Scratch obviously built with Scratch programming language
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Reject operating system.
Return to abacus.
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When normal BSD becomes too mainstream, you can also run Darwin. Run KDE Plasma and a custom theme to make it look like Windows.
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Temple OS?
If you remove the M from BDSM, you've cut out all the Arch users anyway. So yeah, BSD makes sense.
Arch? So weak. I do everything only using the bios.
Sit back and enjoy our collective triumph over capitalist technology.
Slackware (unironically)
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Redox
edit: I have decided to replace my debian laptop with BSD
Be sure to tell the FreeBSD guys that you use NetBSD, the only real BSD.
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Stick to Linux but run on risc-v.
This just came out. https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Hurd-In-2026
OS2/Warp
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Emacs?
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Die coolen Kids benutzen MS-DOS 1.0.
Debian Hurd?
Throw out all higher technology and exclaim how this makes you superior constantly.
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ReactOS
GNU/HURD is having actual releases and distros nowadays.
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Go with Plan9, obviously
Lisp machine
What universe are you living in that Linux is mainstream? According to the steam hardware survey (which is the closest thing to a trustworthy census we have for operating system usage) Linux accounts for 3.58%. Congratulations, we're ahead of mac! Windows still has 94.23%. But this is the year of the Linux desktop!
Its a shitpost but I've definitely felt more people migrating over. Like if you go on reddit gaming communities a decade ago no one talked about Linux but not theirs Linux advocates people complain about. Steam deck is now a thing, LTT did a linux challenge, Pewdiepie told people to install Linux. It's if you talk to random people on the street they probably don't know what my bloody valentine is. But if you talk to some Music nerds and tell them yk about this niche artist called mbv they would all laugh at you
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i mean, there are alternatives...
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