Introducing Amutable: A Linux distro from Lennart Poettering, systemd's creator
Posted by CackleRooster@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 44 comments
Posted by CackleRooster@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 44 comments
CackleRooster@reddit (OP)
Be nice if they actually said anything concrete about their plans.
derangedtranssexual@reddit
He’s probably working towards this goal https://0pointer.net/blog/fitting-everything-together.html
Interesting_Pie_319@reddit
Let us popularize stropping him from doing any more damage for the sake of mouthbreathers that should stay on windows or move to Macs!
My default response about moving to Linux is get a Mac nowadays.
derangedtranssexual@reddit
Why don’t you just move to FreeBSD and let the rest of the community work on making Linux better?
AffectionateSpirit62@reddit
Sounds like he's working on a Fedora silver blue style ambition but open source fully. With key signing for the kernel.
derangedtranssexual@reddit
Wdym by open source fully silverblue is open source
AffectionateSpirit62@reddit
Its a funnel mate - yes Fedora is open source to what end? Fedora -> CentOS Stream (next minor release) -> RHEL (the money maker)
Nah I'd rather not be a part of that not so free journey same with Poobuntu.
Give me a charity like Debian anyday. Always gets my contributions.
Free and open in all stages.
derangedtranssexual@reddit
The issue with Debian is that it’s a shitty desktop OS, if fedora eventually convinces me to pay for a rhel subscription then they deserve my money
AffectionateSpirit62@reddit
u/derangedtranssexual your username is hilarious just like your comment. Sorry what desktop exactly?
TeutonJon78@reddit
Debian just feeds into Ubuntu as well, so...
AffectionateSpirit62@reddit
WRONG - Ubuntu feeds OFF of Debian get it correct. LOL
Debian have
Unstable and experitmntal branch -> Debian Testing -> Debian Stable
The Ubuntu and 100 other distros feed off of Debian Stable or Testing as a base.
TeutonJon78@reddit
If youre complaing Fedora feeds into the other lines then it's not really any different.
The only difference is a separate entity vs same entity.
mattias_jcb@reddit
Would be even nicer if people (you included) could just wait and see instead of presenting guesswork as fact. (You said that they're making a distribution, but the announcement says nothing about that).
silenceimpaired@reddit
Likely an Immutable distro that’s grumpy about how you try to change it. But what do I know :)
CondiMesmer@reddit
Pretty much, but also much louder and announces if it's been changed, aka running unverified stuff.
Interesting_Pie_319@reddit
As long as this trash is 100% paid and closed source I am fine with it.
Gives that POS something to do and closed source paid mean he won't be damaging the FOSS and Linux ecosystems with his garbage.
vir_db@reddit
GNU/Systemd is coming
strange_username58@reddit
That is the last person I would want designing a distro.
vaynefox@reddit
If I'm not mistaken, they arent making a distro but rather they are offering security solutions for linux like attestation and verifying system integrity....
heavenlydemonicdev@reddit
Finally SystemdOS? (I know it's not a distro announcement but I couldn't not say this after seeing the title)
panick21@reddit
That people still find this joke funny after 15 years is beyond me.
noisyboy@reddit
Because there is a kernel of truth in it
mattias_jcb@reddit
And this "kernel of truth" is that a modern Linux distribution takes a percentage of their code from the systemd project?
IzmirStinger@reddit
Did he quit Microsoft, or was he laid off and replaced with Copilot?
RoomyRoots@reddit
Yes
RoomyRoots@reddit
Never ran away from a distro as fast as this.
doctorfluffy@reddit
I don't know if I am reading this wrong, but it seems they are just announcing the formation of their company. I don't see any mention about a distro.
doc_willis@reddit
I see nothing about a Distro Either... but it seems the floodgates are open now for the outrage and meaningless comments.
endoparasite@reddit
Indeed, it says only that there will be product.
Hartvigson@reddit
I wonder what this will become. If it is a distro, how hard will it be to use it for my daily stuff including gaming? If it is a security system for existing distros, will it make my Tumbleweed unable to do what it does today? I bookmarked the page anyway, it will be interesting to see what happens there.
mattias_jcb@reddit
There's nothing in the introduction about creating a distribution. We'll just have to wait and see what it is they're up to.
Tutorbin76@reddit
Lennart Poettering, the Microsoft employee?
Did he do this on company time or outside business hours?
MrAlagos@reddit
Even on the announcement of his next career move you cannot stop calling him "the Microsoft employee"?
Tutorbin76@reddit
Of course. We will stop calling him that when he stops being a Microsoft employee. That okay with you?
MrAlagos@reddit
He has left Microsoft already.
khsh01@reddit
I don't think op read anything. I just gleaned the first few lines and it sounds like they're going to make systemd 2.0 and flatpak 2.0 in one package.
CondiMesmer@reddit
This is not a distro
KitchenWind@reddit
Does it use rinit?
Prudent_Move_3420@reddit
systemdistro with the systemd-compositor and the systemDE
All written in systemD
noobjaish@reddit
😭😭😭
aaronsb@reddit
Can't wait for the cryptographically secure immutable OS. Is it a fortress or a prison?
MaruThePug@reddit
This is where they launch systemd-compositor right?
necrophcodr@reddit
Wow a whole lot of nothing. I bet it'll include a lot of things that won't be portable in any way, shape, or form, and will only work in their own isolated distribution containing only software they wrote.
I'm eagerly awaiting anything concrete, but so far it sounds like people who don't understand computers, which is quite odd since they all VERY much do so.
deltatux@reddit
Doesn't sound like a new distro is what they're aiming for, sounds like they're offering a solution to make Linux systems verifiable and offering tools to make Linux systems secure, sounds more like a security platform than a new distro to me.