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What are the more obscure independent linux distros? (piefed.zip)

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We all know about Debian, Fedora and Arch but what about the lesser known ones that are built from the ground up?

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[–] rosco385@lemmy.wtf 0 points 16 hours ago

Less popular distros that I use are NixOS and FreeBSD. I haven't tried Gentoo yet, but I want to.

I want to buy a Framework laptop later this year. FreeBSD with KDE Plasma will be installed first, I might switch to Gentoo later, especially if work on the GNU Hurd kernel progresses far enough.