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I do it with a few text files. https://github.com/pauldotknopf/darch-recipes https://github.com/pauldotknopf/darch-recipes

• diffeomorphism 6y ago
  This seems to explicitly reference ubuntu, i.e. a distro? > sudo darch images pull pauldotknopf/darch-ubuntu-$IMAGE So your "build" is actually just grabbing what the distro already built and then using its infrastructure. Your description sounded more like you were actually doing things from scratch or at least weren't relying on a distro.
  • lmm 6y ago
    The point is that the distro is a commodity. Yes, you need one somewhere, but it doesn't really matter which particular distro it is, which packaging format/repos they use...
    • diffeomorphism 6y ago
      So why did you just happen to pick one of the largest with lots of manpower, large repos, lots of software support etc and not for example RebeccaBlackOS (yes, that exists and no it is not what you think)? There has been quite a bit of standardization and improved compatibility, so that you can choose relatively freely between the "big" distros. But that does not say they are a commodity but rather that all (five or so) of them are good.
      • lmm 6y ago
        People tend to go for the big names everyone has heard of because they're the big names everyone has heard of. A no-name distro is probably fine too though.
        • kwk1 6y ago
          Your last sentence is specifically what's being called into question.
• downerending 6y ago
  This seems to be leveraged on top of a distribution, and IMO is a good way to do things. But definitely you're relying on the work that the distro people do.