{"id":41205,"date":"2023-02-13T12:12:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T12:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/02\/13\/chimera-a-linux-that-isnt-gnu-linux-the-register\/"},"modified":"2023-02-13T12:14:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T12:14:05","slug":"chimera-a-linux-that-isnt-gnu-linux-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/02\/13\/chimera-a-linux-that-isnt-gnu-linux-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Chimera \u2013 a Linux that isn’t GNU\/Linux \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FOSDEM<\/span> Chimera Linux is a brand new distro underneath building that’s not solely systemd-free, it is GNU-free as properly. Its creator hopes to achieve alpha testing this spring.<\/p>\n

Chimera Linux<\/a> is a brand new undertaking which started in mid-2021, however has already made appreciable progress. Its solo developer is Czech programmer Daniel “q66”<\/a> Kolesa, who gave a talk<\/a> about his undertaking at FOSDEM final weekend.<\/p>\n

His speak was a part of the FOSDEM’s BSD program stream, which itself is a touch that this isn’t a typical Linux distribution. That is mirrored in its identify: the unique chimera<\/a> was a legendary creature whose physique was made up of elements of various animals. There is a sure type of Unix geek who insists that Linux should properly be called GNU\/Linux<\/a>, as a result of the kernel is constructed with the GNU C Compiler<\/a>, every thing is linked in opposition to the GNU C library<\/a>, makes use of the GNU coreutils<\/a>, and often a number of different elements from the GNU Challenge.<\/p>\n

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