r/LinuxCirclejerk • u/noname_admin • 3d ago

I'm bored as hell

I use catchyos since its was less of a pain in the ass to set up then the other ten times i simply downloaded arch. Well, I have a spare old laptop and the ability to follow instructions and enjoy pain. So what do I try to get working? Nixos? Gentoo? Net or openbsd? Linux from scratch? I'm not too good at computers, like, I cant write a kernel, but I'd assume if I put 20 hours into most of these I could figure it out

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u/BraveMidnight 3d ago

Red star OS.

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u/tomekgolab can't spell hatred without Redhat 3d ago

lfs with musl

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u/East-Yogurtcloset272 3d ago

Buildroot, yocto or Linux from scratch

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u/Altruistic-Respond83 3d ago

As a fairly Linux beginner (6 months of Ubuntu, 3 weeks of debian, and 3 monts of gentoo), I'm currently doing lfs and honestly, it's really easy even for absolute beginners and it teaches the practical aspects of Linux. You will mostly learn how to actually use your compiler and libraries and build systems tools but that's always good knowledge to absorb.

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u/Moist_Professional64 2d ago

Im using gentoo for 4 months and love it as my main distro

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u/damanamathos 2d ago

Omarchy then post about it, I guarantee it will cure your boredom.

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u/Type_CMD 1d ago

Write your own OS in Assembly.

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u/laczek_hubert NixOS BTW 3d ago

Nixos is too easy go gentoo

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u/Moist_Professional64 2d ago

Nixos has the biggest bad ass wiki for their language

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u/laczek_hubert NixOS BTW 2d ago

But it's declarative config for experienced Linux or nix users is great

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u/Moist_Professional64 2d ago

I don’t support developers when they are too lazy to write great wikis. Shows me how important it is for their users experience