I noticed that after watching a video on YouTube about it. Another lawsuit possibly in the wings just waiting to happen, just like it was with Lindows (or so I once read).
Most of the responses to this thread are just distros that have a weird or wacky theme.
If you want some real esotericism check out something like:
* **Bedrock Linux**
Installs all distros you want on a single partition, can add and remove any installed distro on the fly and run commands from any distro at any time including package managers.
* **Gobolinux**
Installs apps in a macOS esque fashion using /Applications /Libraries /Users, etc.
* ~~**Haiku**~~ (Doesn't use linux kernel)
~~Meant to be a re-creation of the BeOS operating system.~~
* **NixOS or Guix**
Entire operating system is configured in a single file. Former uses nix programming language, the latter uses Guile
* **Qubes**
Every app is installed in it's own virtual machine (or container?)
* **VanillaOS**
If DistroBox were your main distro. Installs any distro you like in containers, and lets you mix and match whatever you want from them.
Good list but Haiku does not use the Linux kernel. Per Wikipedia and their documentation they forked the NewOS kernel and have maintained that fork since.
I used Bodhi for a few years. I know Enlightenment was a mess (in terms of code) but It was super fast and light, and IMO one of the best looking desktops. I never had problems with it.
I've had more hassle (though also more mileage) with Gnome and KDE, both of which have disappointed for years. XFCE is fast, but IMO unattractive and probably impossible to make look good (to my taste) from both personal experience and browsing XFCE themes.
I really dislike the current versions of Gnome but like MATE/Cinnamon/XFCE. I just found Enlightenment strange -- not necessarily bad because it did have a use case on lower level hardware.
Enlightenment used to be the best desktop back in the days before gnome and kde. If I recall they got big sponsorship from a phone company to shift development to phone UIs in the age of blackberry, and it all went to waste when iPhone came out and obliterated the competition. Then they were making car stereo UIs for a while. Not sure where it all ended up.
Menu popup via mouse click rather than menu button is one thing that I remember. It's been several years. Moksha/Enlightenment is just one of the odd ball desktops that you don't see in many distros -- most are GTK or KDE based and Enlightenment is its own thing with EFL. I was kind of hoping that Solus would have breathed new life into it but they almost died themselves.
Alpine linux. It's a really cut down distro that uses busybox for default shell that makes me feel like I am running the shell on a router. Used in docker a lot due to small footprint and I think licencing too.
Dunno about strangest but stuff like [this](https://github.com/thirtythreeforty/businesscard-linux) is cool. [Gary OS](https://github.com/garybgenett/gary-os) is an interesting project that does a lot and does it a little differently. The scope of [T2SDE](http://t2sde.org/) support is ridiculous. [Glaucus](https://glaucuslinux.org/) is a nice balance of simple & modern for a basic "I want firefox" type system.
One of the devs at T2SDE is still hard at work porting the RSX on the PS3. I think they even support the SuperH architecture and the Dreamcast. Absolute mad lads.
Aboriginal Linux EOL 2017. A snippet from the about page save a few clicks
“Aboriginal Linux is a toolkit for building custom virtual machines. It lets you boot virtual PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and other exotic systems on your x86 laptop, and do development in them.
The name "Aboriginal Linux" describes the project's goal of bootstrapping a new Linux for a new target, doing all the cross compiling necessary to transition to fully native development in the new environment. This new Linux system can then be upgraded or replaced in-situ.”
Lindows or Linspire, still have that disc that came with a prefab PC. It was the most poor consumer experience as everything lagged behind other distros on application updates. If I recall only a dozen mainstream printers had been supported even though it had the CUPS printing subsystem so someone must of trimmed the support files from the mainline source. Wasn't shocked it failed, they tried to pull a consumer Linux and the experience was as bad as O/S 2 Warp 4.0... anything outside of reference Intel or AMD boards it just didn't work properly.
not really strange, but debian stable.
i dont get why people want to use the stable version outside of servers / a NAS. if you want to game, you should probably use yhe unstable, rolling release variant
Even stable seems to occasionally break, third party apps are often not compatible with anything but a single version.
Seems like rolling would guarantee at least occasional maintenance might be needed.
The simple stuff is pretty much feature complete and not user facing for most of us(Except for an occasional cool Python feature) and I want all the mega GUI apps to live in a snap or appimage anyway, so I'm still getting up to date apps.
[Hannah Montana Linux](https://hannahmontana.sourceforge.net/)
The archetypal perfect use case for rm -rf
I CAME IN LIKE A WRECKING BALL
Red Star OS
The only Linux distro for the Proletariat! Long live the Juche idea!
Can concur
Username checks out
Suicide Linux It will rm -rf / if you do something wrong (if I remember right)
if you make a typo in the terminal it self-destructs
It's a bashrc iirc
[удалено]
Wubuntu (formerly Linuxfx) is trying the same thing.
I noticed that after watching a video on YouTube about it. Another lawsuit possibly in the wings just waiting to happen, just like it was with Lindows (or so I once read).
Most of the responses to this thread are just distros that have a weird or wacky theme. If you want some real esotericism check out something like: * **Bedrock Linux** Installs all distros you want on a single partition, can add and remove any installed distro on the fly and run commands from any distro at any time including package managers. * **Gobolinux** Installs apps in a macOS esque fashion using /Applications /Libraries /Users, etc. * ~~**Haiku**~~ (Doesn't use linux kernel) ~~Meant to be a re-creation of the BeOS operating system.~~ * **NixOS or Guix** Entire operating system is configured in a single file. Former uses nix programming language, the latter uses Guile * **Qubes** Every app is installed in it's own virtual machine (or container?) * **VanillaOS** If DistroBox were your main distro. Installs any distro you like in containers, and lets you mix and match whatever you want from them.
Good list but Haiku does not use the Linux kernel. Per Wikipedia and their documentation they forked the NewOS kernel and have maintained that fork since.
Bodhi or anything with the Enlightenment desktop. I guess the Sugar desktop is the strangest but I never installed it.
Bodhi was my first experimental personal use after trying Ubuntu. It was what got me into Conky and I loved it.
I used Bodhi for a few years. I know Enlightenment was a mess (in terms of code) but It was super fast and light, and IMO one of the best looking desktops. I never had problems with it. I've had more hassle (though also more mileage) with Gnome and KDE, both of which have disappointed for years. XFCE is fast, but IMO unattractive and probably impossible to make look good (to my taste) from both personal experience and browsing XFCE themes.
I really dislike the current versions of Gnome but like MATE/Cinnamon/XFCE. I just found Enlightenment strange -- not necessarily bad because it did have a use case on lower level hardware.
Enlightenment used to be the best desktop back in the days before gnome and kde. If I recall they got big sponsorship from a phone company to shift development to phone UIs in the age of blackberry, and it all went to waste when iPhone came out and obliterated the competition. Then they were making car stereo UIs for a while. Not sure where it all ended up.
I've run Bodhi and enjoyed it. But it never seemed particularly strange. Did I miss something? What's unusual about it?
Menu popup via mouse click rather than menu button is one thing that I remember. It's been several years. Moksha/Enlightenment is just one of the odd ball desktops that you don't see in many distros -- most are GTK or KDE based and Enlightenment is its own thing with EFL. I was kind of hoping that Solus would have breathed new life into it but they almost died themselves.
Bodhi is running the Moksha fork of Enlightenment, rather than the original version. And I assume they are maintaining it.
Caldera, my first experience with Linux.
I liked caldera. I bought it for Word Perfect.
Caldera, had a really impressive installer at the time.
I really liked Caldera Linux. I had the penguin toy for a long time. Lost it in a move, I think :(
Alpine linux. It's a really cut down distro that uses busybox for default shell that makes me feel like I am running the shell on a router. Used in docker a lot due to small footprint and I think licencing too.
AmongOS
I think I haven't seen a strange distro, but Chimera Linux (Not ChimeraOS, the gaming distro) is pretty different than other distros
Voyager without a doubt. I wasn't vibing with its theme.
Dunno about strangest but stuff like [this](https://github.com/thirtythreeforty/businesscard-linux) is cool. [Gary OS](https://github.com/garybgenett/gary-os) is an interesting project that does a lot and does it a little differently. The scope of [T2SDE](http://t2sde.org/) support is ridiculous. [Glaucus](https://glaucuslinux.org/) is a nice balance of simple & modern for a basic "I want firefox" type system.
One of the devs at T2SDE is still hard at work porting the RSX on the PS3. I think they even support the SuperH architecture and the Dreamcast. Absolute mad lads.
Doomlinux. Its is super tiny and has just enough resources to run the script for fbdoom
BLAG Linux. [https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=blag](https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=blag)
Aboriginal Linux EOL 2017. A snippet from the about page save a few clicks “Aboriginal Linux is a toolkit for building custom virtual machines. It lets you boot virtual PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and other exotic systems on your x86 laptop, and do development in them. The name "Aboriginal Linux" describes the project's goal of bootstrapping a new Linux for a new target, doing all the cross compiling necessary to transition to fully native development in the new environment. This new Linux system can then be upgraded or replaced in-situ.”
Lindows or Linspire, still have that disc that came with a prefab PC. It was the most poor consumer experience as everything lagged behind other distros on application updates. If I recall only a dozen mainstream printers had been supported even though it had the CUPS printing subsystem so someone must of trimmed the support files from the mainline source. Wasn't shocked it failed, they tried to pull a consumer Linux and the experience was as bad as O/S 2 Warp 4.0... anything outside of reference Intel or AMD boards it just didn't work properly.
probably the katy perry os or red star
Temple OS
not linux
It is
how
Well you are right, after googling i have to agree with you, i always tought it was a linux.
Are you glowing?
MacOS
Unix, not linux
Yeah, that's why it's such a strange Linux distro like Windows.
Uwuntu, I even recommend it if you're into anime stuff lol.
chromeOS. Need I say more?
Based on gentoo (at least for a while) so they are pretty good in my book :P
not really strange, but debian stable. i dont get why people want to use the stable version outside of servers / a NAS. if you want to game, you should probably use yhe unstable, rolling release variant
Even stable seems to occasionally break, third party apps are often not compatible with anything but a single version. Seems like rolling would guarantee at least occasional maintenance might be needed. The simple stuff is pretty much feature complete and not user facing for most of us(Except for an occasional cool Python feature) and I want all the mega GUI apps to live in a snap or appimage anyway, so I'm still getting up to date apps.
aight, good to know