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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Funtoo Linux is winding down through august. (forums.funtoo.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is probably me being an exceedingly old grumpy boomer greybeard, but this is why I don't bother with whatever shiny distro everyone likes unless it's got a proper governance/oversight setup via a properly formed foundation or similar.

Anything short of that pretty much is a strong indicator that it's not trustworthy or reliable and, well, this can happen.

Debian or Ubuntu or Fedora or even Arch are unlikely to magically vanish because someone gets bored, and I feel bad for the people who spent time and effort or even money on this project, but, uh, yeah. Don't trust one-person shows.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not exactly shiny and new as it was established in 2008...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

But he is right. As long as a distro is maintained by one individual, it is at risk of being discontinued at any time he can no longer maintain it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Funtoo did came up with interesting concepts to improve Gentoo with. I hope they get to live on.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can anyone tell what this funtoo project is? Never heard of it, sorry.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Derivative of Gentoo by the founder of Gentoo.