This might be the most interesting new Linux distro right now

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Sometimes, a Linux distro comes along, that just make sense.

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The only technical Linux term in the article seems to be Wayland.

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Instead, AerynOS leans into a tightly integrated, curated desktop experience.

This is (as far as I can tell) the unique feature the article touts. Even though that fits Mint, Ubuntu and I think Fedora.

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From the article:

But sometimes, something new shows up that makes us long-time Linux users pause mid-coffee sip and go, “okay … hold on. What exactly are you doing over there?”

Lol

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So just another opinionated Linux distro?

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Dude idk.. Reads like Aryan (Hitler’s version) to me and I don’t like it.

I just wouldn’t wasn’t to day I use the Aeryn distro lol, sure, Linux, but idk.

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I swear I just heard about an open-source project that got renamed when the creator realized the name sounded like “aryan”, how many of these are there??

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The article unfortunately does a horrendous job at highlighting AerynOS’ unique features by only giving vague descriptions without going into any technicality that matters.

FWIW, my two cents on AerynOS:
- It offers (yet) a(nother) novel approach to atomic distros. The gist for its ambition (or, at least, my understanding of it) would be NixOS, but with FHS intact and without a DSL.

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