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Ask HN: Is there a need for a new Linux distro?
- theandrewbailey 2y agoI guess that depends on what one is looking for. I think that the current selection covers at least 99% of people's needs and wants.
- calrain 2y agoSolutions first need problems.
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- controversial97 2y agoIt sometimes makes sense to made a distro that is specifically for new or unusual hardware. I point to Asahi Linux, supporting Apple computers based on their M1, M2 and M3 ARM cpus is a load of work that is still in progress and sometimes issues are only found when a load of people use it. Eventually the source code that has been written or modified to support Apples relatively-new hardware will reach mainstream distros so people can run Debian, Ubuntu, Redhat etc on an M1 mac with working sound, gpu etc. If some new RISC-V single board computer reaches the market it might make sense for someone to make a distro specifically for it. A distro for specific hardware may get better performance by being compiled to use the specific instruction set and cpu features.
- axiologist 2y agoThe wheel can't be reinvented often enough...
- simonblack 2y agoOld distros fade away, new distros come in to replace them. It's a dynamic universe, not a static one. There's also a smattering of Darwinism there, the good distros survive, the not so good ones die off.