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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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Serpent OS is facing funding challenges but development continues. (serpentos.com)

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TL;DR: Serpent OS is facing funding challenges but development continues. Alpha2 is coming soon with an improved installer. We’re seeking community support through donations and volunteers for key roles. Our technical roadmap includes versioned repositories, immutable OS features, and improved package management workflows. We had a flurry of activity around the Christmas period, including our first alpha release as well as enabling offline rollbacks early in January. We’re actively working on alpha2, but we also need to talk about the elephant in the room.

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[–] Hector@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The lead developer, Ikey, has created two distributions before and a desktop environment. He gets far in a rather short amount of time and catches a lot of attention then loses interest and vanishes. While he is a very skilled developer, I wouldn't personally want to be invested in anything he creates out of fear that the pattern repeats.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean as long as a license is open source this is sorta a good thing though. If it has enough merit folks will be bound to fork it.

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Feels like he'd be better served as a UI/UX consultant for some of the bigger distros, have impact with more staying power

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

well maybe if he would but like at least whatever he feels like doing can possibly provide value

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 4 points 2 weeks ago

Funny how Budgie isn’t a choice as DE.

[–] dino@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

Why? Solus is still going strong, so is budgie?