Why “distros” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Run some current and still-compiled-for-i686 Linux or *BSD distros on it. See what breaks, save logs & report issues upstream. A lot of support for old CPUs & platforms they're…
by RetroTechie · Nov 3, 2026
At this point, just the failure to patch this single vulnerability is enough to make me write Ubuntu off as a viable distribution. Volunteer-run distros can fix this, why not a…
by lambdaone · Nov 3, 2026
I wonder if Jordan Schlansky influenced the author in various ways. Jokes aside, do Linux distros ever get such launch events?
by qtqtqt · Nov 3, 2026
For servers, livepatch, latest ZFS and ZFS-on-root supported ootb, faster release cadence For desktops, gaming and commercial software support, "it just works" (my fresh install…
by queenkjuul · Nov 3, 2026
The "forced to use systemd" meme is a weird inversion. No one complained about being "forced" to use sysvinit when their was no choice, but when distros started to use systemd,…
by cedilla · Nov 3, 2026
> I trust the Ubuntu team to issue quick fixes Except in this case they have not issued any fix, for several weeks, to an extremely critical issue that most other distros have a…
by majorchord · Nov 3, 2026
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