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Have Linus Torvalds or Richard Stallman ever actually built their own distro at all? I seem to recall Linus saying he didn't have time for that, and he'd rather
by koeselitz 15y ago
Have Linus Torvalds or Richard Stallman ever actually built their own distro at all? I seem to recall Linus saying he didn't have time for that, and he'd rather leave that task to somebody else who cares about it more.
More to the point: there are hundreds upon hundreds of different distros out there - it's not even that hard to make your own. Technically, anybody who compiles the kernel specifically for their own system and chooses a base of software around their kernel could call that a "distribution" and put it on the internet for anybody to use with a small amount of effort. You don't even need to know how to code anything to do that - you just have to know some command-line stuff.
That's kind of what I like about this - a game that "takes out the hard stuff" and just gives an overview of building a distro and what goes into it. If this helps educate people about the process and get more people learning about computers, I think that's great.
- fleitz 15y agoOk fine, as long as in the game you have to start referring to Linux as GNU/Linux whenever RMS is within ear shot lest you lose a day to one of his insufferable speeches on terminology. If that's the case then I'd say it's realistic. It's a joke bro, lighten up.
- koeselitz 15y agoI have adjusted my hue and saturation accordingly.