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Solus is an operating system that is designed for home computing. Every tweak enables us to deliver a cohesive computing experience.

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[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

By far my favorite desktop-oriented Linux distro but damn do I wish it were available for arm64.

[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

First time I hear of it, always give the same kind of thoughts :

  • damn, yet another distribution, is this really necessary?
  • maybe I need it, probably not, how does it actually work?
  • actually I should make my own distribution at some point, how hard can it be? What would I learn from doing it?

... then I move on to my day.

[–] cole@lemdro.id 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

solus has been around for quite a long time, even if you haven't heard of it

[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

First time I hear of it

Hmmm... I wonder if literally the first words of my post could have been a hint. /s

[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Also FWIW I'm using Debian (1993) so relatively speaking, it (2015) is quite new.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s actually a pretty fantastic distribution and soothes my FreeBSD-based snobby notions of a clean, organized OS.

[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No doubt, apparently seeing the downvotes I came across as negative about the distribution. It wasn't my point, just sharing my perspective. Thanks for clarifying what makes it actually interesting to you!