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I know this comment was probably sarcastic, but it's also a good teachable moment: what did those huge companies with heavily customized distros base their dist

I know this comment was probably sarcastic, but it's also a good teachable moment: what did those huge companies with heavily customized distros base their distros on before they started customizing? You'll find a lot of RHEL/CentOS/Debian core in those lists, not much Gentoo or similar. The stability (and stability-emphasizing philosophy) of those original base distros will permeate customizations for years to come.

pfg 9y ago
The most notable exception to this would be Chrome OS (which also served as a starting point for CoreOS and, IIRC, Google's container OS). This hasn't stopped Google from using a Debian variant internally as a desktop OS, so they all kind of have their place depending on what you intend to build.