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hl2 car?
TempleOS.
I wonder if the job requirements for that role are really strict, or really relaxed.
Like, “you must have 10+ years experience cycling, live in the Vatican, be a Catholic, and know CQC to a deadly degree”… or… “be Nunzio’s neighbours boy and be willing to wear a dress.”
Debian is more like a honda accord or toyota prius.
Reliable, and only real car guys know they’re cool.
Also the development department lets you borrow the current new generation prototype if you want and suddenly it’s all current tech.
Reliable, and only real car guys know they’re cool.
Civic, then, or Corolla
Civic, prius, yaris, corolla, accord (basically 90% f japanese cars) can be fit in this category
Debian must be the 1999 Toyota Corolla
Debian is also one of the most secure distributions in terms of user control and security against vulnerabilities, since it is the same OS that runs most of the servers in the world - and therefore gets very quick and reliable security updates.
which is the joke.
I daily drive Debian on a couple of thirteen year old laptops. This is exactly right and I’m damn happy about it.
Me too. Rock solid, sane and lightning.
openSUSE
Tiny Core Linux(/Alpine/Void/etc)
OpenWrt
Newbie: Hi I just want a distro to go shopping and for family tasks.
Mechanic: You want a racing car. Lift the hood and I’ll show you how to operate all the adjustments. Racing cars need lots of tuning and youll need wide tyres too.
Newbie: Can’t I just drive to the shops?
Mechanic: But you need to learn under the hood first. That’s what Linux is all about.
Newbie: there is also no room for shopping in this racing car.
Mechanic: there is if it’s just text files. Don’t bother with all that jpeg and binary bloat.
Newbie: You know, as much as I hate Windows, either I didn’t need a mechanic, or got one who didn’t insist open the hood to operate it.
I installed Debian Linux for several computer-illiterate old ladies. They never had to look under the hood. They are very happy with it.
Yes. They shouldn’t need to. Sadly some think everyone should.
Then this is Windows
10/11:
Btw, it got stuck in Antarctica.
Ok, right, mine is 7 instead.
Vista, more likely. Win 7 wasn’t a chonky one (for the hardware of the time).
I’d also accept that car Homer designed. Or a cyber truck.
Windows:
NGL, I think this is really freaking cool…
Too bad it runs Windows (by default)
That’s not Windows, that’s Oracle Solaris right there.
Do not utter the cursed one’s name in vain!
TIL
What the hell, that thing Is real!? I thought those were just some concept drawings like you get for future space craft from the 70’s.
Damn Small Linux:
I was expecting a pair of flip flops. :)
EDIT: oo, maybe one of those motor-unicycles!
Is there a motorized roller skate?
Kind of you to assume Arch Linux is going to tell you what the outcome is going to look like :D
Drive -fwd
Sudo drive -fwd
Drive -left
Drive -stop
Drive -brake
Sudp drive -brake
Udo drive -brake
Sudo dribe -brake
F U C K
This comment made me realize I haven’t installed thefuck on my most recent linux installation. I have evolved past the point of making common mistakes.
What’s thefuck?
Terminal autocorrect when you say ‘fuck’ https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
Who’s this?
MacOS
Could also be Windows 3.1 with the hot dog theme.
Windows 3.1 was peak Windows and I will engage in fisticuffs with anyone who disagrees.
3.11 you mean.
Windows 3.1 was very usable and intuitive.
I used to run it in emulation on an iPad.
One of those meme distros like AmogOS or UwUntu that’s technically usable for a few months but then the hobbyist who made it stops giving a fuck and abandons it
Pop OS
Looks like Google livery so I’m going with ChromeOS.
Gentoo:
More like LFS
If Arch is this, what is Gentoo? An IKEA car?
Just the schematics
And the shop drawings for all the parts.
Gentoo makes you compile the raw materials yourself
Straight to the mines.
RAM prices ain’t gonna drop on their own!
True. Should be a mountain of raw materials
CAD files and a BOM.
Nah, that’s Linux from Scratch.
Gentoo is a Caterham 7
What is Linux from scratch than?
Papers and blueprints on how to make every part
Then*
Those 60s classic cars, though iconic, relied on a very different planned lifespan compared to modern cars. It was much shorter than the cars of today.
A better analogy for Debian would probably be an older Honda Civic model. It’s older and lacks many flashy or hyper-modern features, but it’s reliable, maintainable, and actively supported.
Alpine
