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New Linux Distribution — Exherbo, Announced
An anonymous reader writes "Former Gentoo developer Bryan Østergaard recently announced a new linux distribution aptly named Exherbo. The distribution, which has been underway for a couple of months and is based on ideas and experiences from his long work with Gentoo, features a new packaging format and several subprojects, such as a redesigned init system. Currently no installation medium is available but their package tree is public for the daring ones who want to play with the upcoming distribution. The developers strongly discourage any serious use though, as it's still highly experimental."
Seriously, they treat this thing like they're trying to hype it. "It's not ready for users, not even developers!" The only thing it's ready for is Guatemalan Insane Asylum Inmates! Avert your eyes!
It is funny that they claim more progress working on this for six months than working on Gentoo for four years. Because of bickering and criticism. I can totally believe that. I wish them tons of success!
My work here is dung.
> Man I have to admit that after reading the site I really want noting to do with this distro.
That's good, because this distro wants nothing to do with you.
... is not going to come from this.
OK, I don't need to try it. However, I'm curious about one thing:OK, wikipedia has no clue what an "Exherbo" is. What is an "Exherbo" and why is it such an apt name? I don't speak Klingon, are there any Klingons here that can explain this to me?
From TFA I would guess that "Exherbo" means "fuck you" in Swahili?
mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
Or anybody else for that matter.
See my blog http://ilovecookes.blogspot.com/ for light hearted technical information.
But does it run Linux?
From TFA:
absolutely nothing works
So, no. It doesn't run Linux.
mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
...another post asking do we really need another Linux distro?
>>> Exherbo is a distribution designed for people who know what they're doing with Linux.
Are you so badass that gentoo is like ripping candy out of newb babie hands? Exherbo!
>>> Although it shares some code with Gentoo, and although many concepts are similar, and although many of the people involved were or are Gentoo developers, most Exherbo code is rewritten from scratch.
We know way more than those Gentoo tards will ever know.
>>> Exherbo is not, at the moment, a user-targeted distribution.
Come on... you want it, don't you? You want to be so badass to use my awesome distro, to be the most leetest person ever.
>>> It's not that we think that Gentoo is bad.
Gentoo is wretched for our godly needs.
>>> OK, I Want to Try Exherbo
I am high as a kite.
>>> Right now, all we care about is getting it into a fit state for a small number of developers.
We're announcing this publicly because we have no idea what product we're presenting, but we'll make it sound fucking awesome compared to everything else, plus way wore leetsauce, so we can get some actual developers to contribute something useful to make our project objectively good.
>>> The above paragraph does not apply if your pet project is something we find interesting.
Again, if you have anything that will make this distro more than a publicity stunt, for the love of god, please let us know.
>>> It's not that we hate you (unless we do).
Forgot how much better we are then you? You did? OK, in conclusion, fuck you.
Credit where credit's due: John Gruber and Mark Pilgrim
This indeed seems to be a new distro, but it's aimed at Gentoo ricers. CFLAGS JUST KICKED IN, YO!
VROOM VROOOM!
I was about to say 13256278887989457651018865901401704640, but it appears this number is private property.
Interesting.
So maybe the story is that they pissed someone off by their exclusionary attitude or by dissing Gentoo/someone's mom/etc, so they put it on Slashdot just to generate interest where it wasn't welcome.
Sounds like the makings of a geek soap opera.
Join us next on "As The Nerd Turns" when 1337h4x0r's ambitions to work on a private Linux distro are thwarted by the nefarious Anonymous Reader! Will the site be slashdotted? Will countless newbs flock to this entertainingly hostile distro? Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion!
Someone call NBC.