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jakebasile 4 hours ago

Isn't every distro a custom distro, by definition?

Anyways, I get that this is a "risk" to consider, but installing a new distro isn't so bad that it should prevent one from trying and using a currently extant distro if it works for them.

__aru 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm not sure I'd define the atomic Fedora variants as "distros" in the traditional sense.

This is a bit of an oversimplification, but Bazzite, Bluefin, etc, are basically just Dockerfiles that use Atomic Fedora as the base image.

So you are basically getting a pre-built docker container that is "Fedora + various configs added on top", and then you are booting that docker image.

Since it's just a container file, anyone could theoretically just fork the Bazzite repo, make some changes to the Dockerfile, then push it to github + let github actions build a custom docker image.

So is that custom docker image a distro? Some would say yes, others would say no.

dlivingston 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Interesting. So Bazzite could be, theoretically, remade as just a NixOS configuration file.

doctorpangloss 17 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

haha, is Windows a custom distro? is it going away anytime soon?