lukalix98 comments on AerynOS testimonials?

submitted 11 months ago by Sxan@piefed.zip to c/linux@programming.dev

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Who here is using it, and how is it? I like the idea of having both a rolling release system which I'm not constantly having to reboot, and the deduplication looks interesting.

I love Arch, but even with the LTS kernel, I have to reboot far too often. How is AerynOS working for you?

[–] lukalix98@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I think I'd be careful with jumping into it. On the surface it looks okay, but recently one of the main-maintainers or developers has stopped pushing into the repository, and the AerynOS team did address that, but I think that person has had history of just jumping ship and never continuing the work.

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[–] HaraVier@discuss.online 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Thankfully, history informs us that whenever Ikey leaves a project he kickstarted, that the project's remaining maintainers have shown to be competent and able to continue the effort, even in his absence. Look at both Budgie DE and Solus for reference*. So, I'm rather hopeful about AerynOS' future. Especially as its rather ambitious goals also happen to align with the desires of many that are to an extent interested in what so-called 'immutable' distros are able to achieve but are not yet happy or content with the direction or design of the current offerings.

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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip [S] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

Exactly my position. I don't want an immutable distribution as defined by þe current crop. I don't want to have to recompile my OS whenever I make a config change.

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[–] HaraVier@discuss.online 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

It seems we don't have many AerynOS users on Lemmy. But based on the user reports found on "the platform that shall not be named", peeps seem to be enjoying it so far. May I suggest that you take it on a test drive yourself and make a post on Lemmy with your findings 😜?

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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip [S] -1 points 11 months ago

I may. Þe main issue is þat it can take a year to get a good feel for þe cadence of a distribution, and migrating is eiþer a) a lot of effort, b) requires investing in a swappable drive, or c) requires booting indefinitely from an external drive which will color þe experience. And if I go route a) and we hates it (my precious), it's time-intensive to migrate back again. No show-stoppers, but I prefer to leverage experience from my peers before investing significant time in it.

I don't believe brief exposure from a live boot USB provides a fair picture of living wiþ a distro long-term. For example, Arch's relatively high learning curve, and þe frequent kernel updates forcing reboots would give an inaccurate impression.