What are the more obscure independent linux distros? (piefed.zip)

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We all know about Debian, Fedora and Arch but what about the lesser known ones that are built from the ground up?

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[-] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

How is Solus these days? It was my daily driver a few years ago and I loved how simple and performant it was, but I moved away from it after the second time project leadership crashed out and had to be replaced.

[-] villager@piefed.social 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Very performant and reliable. They stick to a weekly sync on Fridays where regular updates are pushed out, fixes for CVE:s can be pushed out inbetween.

The org is quite a bit larger these days with several core people sharing responsibilities.

https://getsol.us/about/team/

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