#chimeralinux — Public Fediverse posts

Well...Suffer is a really STRONG word for it, dislike is probably more accurate to be honest. I just want something that is a bit more minimal and compact. Something like dinit or OpenRC.

As I am massively terrified of installing Gentoo at the moment, it really is going to be Chimera Linux as the live images are easier to install than the base...Just with limited options (this is fine). I plan on doing a fast and dirty install.

This will happen on Wednesday afternoon because I want to get into it with a proper amount of time. I will try OneKeePass and see if it is fine on my computer again. As there was something wrong with the reading of secrets a few months ago.

#NeverSlop #ChimeraLinux

@zerodogg @chimera couldn't have said it better myself.

#chimeralinux is just nice and cosy and the community is great 😀

@veggero
a little addition #chimeralinux also ships with the Oxygen & Air Themes

@chimera what a beautiful day!

#kde #kdeplasma #kdeplasma68 #chimeralinux

#ChimeraLinux is more and more teasing me.

I am also re-investigating Chimera Linux because they've added distrobox to their repos...There is hope that I could use that distro too. They have a stance against LLMs. Which is quite nice, and honestly it doesn't feel like a chore to install. Not too much, at least!

Feels fairly simple in comparison to something like Gentoo. Ugh, I have a condition that is called distrohopping. I have been happy on Garuda Linux.

However, there is always the urge to try something different. 😂

#ChimeraLinux #Thinking

Built a new set of #chimeralinux live images.
after I replaced the broken SSD and reinstalled the Minisforum MS-R1.

you can find 'em at the usual place

Has anyone done Rust cross-compilation on a Chimera Linux system, or any other musl-based system? rustup doesn't work there because of musl, so I need to figure out another way to manage cross-compilation toolchains. I'm on x86_64, and I'll be building for various ARM platforms (RP2040/RP2350, ESP32, NRF52, and STM32) using Embassy.

#rust #embassy #ChimeraLinux #musl #rustup

@chimera Took a little while to get everything set up (had to do some extra work to get certain things running) but this is looking good so far!

At this point, I'm torn between Chimera Linux and Gentoo for my daily driver.

I'd still love to switch to something not based on the Linux kernel, but that's a much bigger lift, and harder to find good gaming performance and laptop hardware support. Still looking, though!

#NoAI #screenshotSaturday #DistroSearch #ChimeraLinux

I keep eyeing Chimera Linux, as they have a stance against generative LLMs. However, sadly a lot of my software depends on glibc and not musl. Which is a compatibility issue that would stop a lot of programs from working.

So the Chimera Linux repos are barren of a lot of software that I need. Its a limitation that I am going to need to navigate if I plan on surmounting and overcoming it. I want to research alternative distributions that seek to shut out LLM chuds and refuse to add the tooling into the repos.

There is Gentoo Linux, which is a road that is filled with learning and potential headaches of system maintenance.

I just need to look deeper into the matter as there have to be more options for me.

I want to avoid LLMs as they are nasty.

#Gentoo #ChimeraLinux #Linux #FuckAI

Been a while since I posted a screenshot

Here's one of the Chimera Linux KDE Plasma Live Image (AMD64) I built yesterday running in QEMU/KVM

#screenshot #chimeralinux #liveimage #kdeplasma #linux #kde

Uploaded a bunch of fresh #chimeraLinux live images.

You can fine 'em at the usual place

Hey #ChimeraLinux users, in your daily use, has having musl libc instead of glibc ever been a problem? Are there any apps/programs you struggle to run and just can't find a way to? Were there any pains in moving to it from your previous distro?

If there's some proprietary/non-packaged .deb/.rpm only software you need to get, what are your usual options?

I'd appreciate to know!

Saw a Gentoo install vid, it really made me enthousiastic for another install. Yeah, KDE, musl, openRC, zfs, some flatpak and distrobox, noice!
Then I realized Chimera Linux does all that ootb 🤣 Shelved 🤓
#chimeralinux

What the last couple of days have shown me is that, with some help from rclone, FreeBSD has become a truly viable alternative for my D2D for me. A triumvirate of Slackware, Chimera Linux and FreeBSD gives me everything I need and want, both in work and in private. A big relief.
#slackware #freebsd #ChimeraLinux

Not only has ChimeraLinux all the goodies I recently mentioned, but nushell and it's compatriot vivid are in the user repository also. Now that's cool!
#ChimeraLinux

Usually you grab an LTS kernel for ZFS support. Chimera Linux has zfs support for the stable (atm 7.2.2) kernel. And LibreOffice 26.08 right now. And KDE 6.7.4 servicepack 2 as well. I'll be heading back soon, a gem!
#chimeraLinux

As a follow-up to #Debian very permissive position regarding #AI, I started to actively test @chimera

I’ve had #ChimeraLinux under the radar for some time, mostly for technical reasons. I also confirmed that I agree with the project policies and code of conduct (https://chimera-linux.org/community/).

So far, I am impressed by the speed and responsiveness of the system. It’s also a breath of fresh air with new things to learn, so it might just be it.

@bremner welcome to #ChimeraLinux ! good luck

Good morning everyone! I just woke up. :clouds_day:

:info: News
In today's maloperating system news, the #Debian project voted in favour of the pro-AI proposition, and struck down any and all proposals to limit or ban AI use. Womp, womp.

Replacement #Linux distributions to switch to that have got an anti-AI policy in effect include:

• #ChimeraLinux (user friendly; not to be confused with ChimeraOS)
• #elementaryOS (user friendly)
• #Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre (for silly nerds; my personal choice)
• #Gentoo Linux (for silly nerds)

Non-Linux-based operating systems include:

• #HyperbolaBSD (never tried, but the community is cool)
• #Haiku / #HaikuOS (hell yeah)

thank nyou for ur attenshun to this matter nya >~<
Bai

The Minisforum MS-R1 is still going strong 👍

#screenshot #linux #aarch64 #chimeralinux #cports #raspberypi #cixP1

So it begins...

I'd never thought a small ARM machine for ~600€ could be a good deal... that was before the RAMPocalypse...

The Minisforum MS-R1 comes with 64GB LPDDR5 ECC RAM.
Thankfully I still had a spare KingSpec XG7000 2TB m.2 NVME SSD

The CIX P1 CP8180 CPU is very new and Kernel upstreaming started in ernest with 2.6.19 but mainline is far from useable and the Debian Bookworm image that Minisforum provides is... a bit old.

However Ubuntu has a working Image
of 26.06 LTS that I used to install my machine with.

Working 10Gbit Ethernet and Wifi is nice.

Chimera Linux sits happily in a QEMU/KVM running on the same machine.

Next step: get the needed bits into Chimera but not while it's so hot around here.

#screenshot #minisforumMsR1 #ubuntu #chimeralinux #libvirt #virtmanager #kdeplasma #aarch64 #arm64 #cixP1 #cixCp8180

Systems update day

Cachy OS ✅
Chimera Linux ✅
Debian (Trixie, Forky, Sid) ✅
FreeBSD ✅
Gentoo ✅
NetBSD ✅
OpenBSD ✅
Pop!_OS ✅
Tuxedo OS ✅

#linux #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #debian #chimeraLinux #tuxedoos #gentoo #cachyOS #pop_os

Lately I've seen a bunch of people struggeling with

libvirt QEMU/KVM setups where they want to bridge the VMs tdirectly to their LAN.

As I was re-installing my aarch64 host for test VMs on Chimera Linux the other day I figured I'll do a quick write up.

Chimera's libvirt comes with Modular driver daemons.

If your distribution runs the Monolithic driver daemon and or uses systemd or an other init system then dinit pleasue consult their documentation for that part of the installation.

The Bridge config part works on any distribution that uses NetworkManager.

https://theonedoc.github.io/Chimera-Linux-libvirt-QEMU-KVM/

#qemu #kvm #networkmanager #bridge #vm #chimeralinux

After my long klutzing with Flatpaks (which I'm generally OK with, btw) I've now really come to like Distrobox on my non-Slackware installs. With a Fedora toolbox running Librewolf, Brave Origin and now also KeepassXC (and Krusader of course ;-) the install of Chimera Linux is perfectly complemented. All software on the system originates from trusted and direct sources. Cool stuff.
#distrobox #chimeralinux

A set of new Chimera-Live images is uploading right now.

New Firefox & Chromium packages for the GNOME and KDE images also krita joins the KDE Desktop who also got updated to 6.7.3.

This is the first release where SDDM uses the KWin wayland compositor and xserver-xorg is not part of the KDE images and the RPi image.

The Images should be ready to download in about an hour from now at the usual place

https://c.1und1.de/@1632165589407503469/fVfz_5G2xzpIEFlMtFCZVQ

#chimeralinux #linux #liveimage #chimeralive

Kudos to the maintainers of ChimeraLinux for putting such a gem together and quietly, but persistingly, updating it to the latest and greatest (here with KDE 6.7.3). Thanks! 🤓 🍻
#chimeralinux #kde

Just uploaded a bunch of new images.

grab 'em from the usual place.

https://tech.lgbt/@TheOneDoc/116505561647485255

#linux #chimeraLinux #liveimage

My 100% LLM free guide to install Chimera Linux with KDE Plasma on top of a Snapper ready BTRFS file system that resides inside a Logical Vulume Manager Logical Volume inside a Volume Group inside a encrypted Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) partition is done.

You can read it on:

https://theonedoc.github.io/Chimera-Linux-LUKS-LVM-BTRFS/

If I missed something or a step is overcomplicated/suboptimal let me know.

Preferable not via github.

#Chimeralinux #linux #kdeplasma #kde #luks #btrfs #lvm

Based on my Gentoo Linux install guide I wrote one for Chimera Linux.

As usual any and all eyeballs are welcome.

https://theonedoc.github.io/Gentoo-LUKS-LVM-BTRFS/

https://theonedoc.github.io/Chimera-Linux-LUKS-LVM-BTRFS/

#gentoo #chimeralinux #luks #lvm #btrfs #guide #linux #kde #kdeplasma

replaced that ugly waybar with #GayPanel

#ChimeraLinux #niriWM

That hybrid approach applied. Chimera Linux takes care of a great base, including KDE. I use verified Flatpaks for all major things (librewolf, vlc etc). Distrobox for that one akward application I need. Setup of that on Chimera is as painless as it can be. I do the same on Slackware, although I make some essential pkgs myself also. So, trusted base, containerized applications. No AUR here. Anymore 🤣
#ChimeraLinux

Mostly (points at himself) it's staring you in the face. I wanted for the work laptop: musl, zfs and encryption, no systemd, the latest KDE. And then i remembered the excellent write-up by @dwarmstrong , installing a Chimera Linux base with all that. And Chimera has 6.7 in the repos. A perfect combo!
#chimeraLinux
https://www.dwarmstrong.org/chimera-install-zfs/

Chimera Linux ( @chimera ) running KDE ( @kde ) Plasma 6.7 on an Asus V1Jp Notebook from 2006
CPU: Intel Core 2 T5600
GPU: AMD Mobility Radeon X1700
RAM: 3 GB DDR2 667 MHz / PC2-5300
HDD: Western Digital WD5000BEVT Scorpio Blue 500GB 5400 RPM

#screenshot #chimeraLinux #kde #kdeplasma #linux #asus #notebook #screenshotsunday

The latest (KDE Plasma)[https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/] Desktop 6.7 running on (Chimera Linux)[https://chimera-linux.org/] on a (Raspberry Pi 500+)[https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-500-plus/] 16GB and a (GMKtec NucBox G3 Plus)[https://www.gmktec.com/products/nucbox-g3-plus-enhanced-performance-mini-pc-with-intel-n150-processor] 32GB

#chimeralinux #screenshot #linux #kde #kdeplasma #raspberrypi #inteln150 #aarch64 #amd64 #x86_64 #screenshotsaturday

Chimera Linux in the streets*, FreeBSD in the sheets**.

* desktop
** server

#ChimeraLinux #FreeBSD

Alright - Chimera-Linux install (and to install sway and other specific things) has been a bit of a journey but ultimately fun.

So first and foremost: Thank you for the peeps at #chimeralinux for putting together a solid and interesting distro that I may use on a daily basis now!

My main hurdle for most of this has been getting things to play nice with musl - Specifically... GHC which I need for work and some silly version of python that I needed to work.

Good news, got a solution for GHC that while not ideal, is definitely workable.

The python stuff is looking okay so far but I will see when I eventually hit a wall with it.

#chimeralinux #linux

I'm proud to say that I installed Chimera linux on my laptop this morning. There's no handy-dandy graphical installer that does everything for you, there's just documentation that walks you through manually partitioning a drive and creating file systems, running some scripts, chrooting, setting up boot loaders, editing fstab file, etc. While inconvenient, working at this level definitely makes me feel in control of my own system and demystifies some of the stack. #ChimeraLinux

So che Stallman potrebbe farmi le macumbe, ma come si indica una distribuzione con kernel Linux che non utilizza come base principale le GNU core Utilites (e magari nemmeno glibc)?

Non-GNU/Linux GNU-less/Linux?
Distribuzione "esotica"?
Ditemi la vostra definizione.

@linux @opensource @[email protected] @gnulinuxitalia

#linux #unolinux #gnulinux #mastoaiuto #gnu #coreutils #alpinelinux #chimeralinux #busybox #musl

Currently uploading a fresh set of Chimera Linux Live Images.

You can get 'em from the usual place

https://tech.lgbt/@TheOneDoc/116505561647485255

#chimeralinux #linux #amd64 #aarch64

I just did a cursed thing.

Running ChimeraLinux Live base image under Sylve in a bhyve VM on FreeBSD that's running inside a VM on a OpenMediaVault (Linux QEMU/KVM) Installation

#screenshot #freebsd #linux #bhyve #chimeralinux #sylve

Bored on the train so I figured I could answer a very important question.
Some Fucknut User asked on the recent Tony_btw #chimeralinux video

Q: "Does it run Crysis?"

A: "Yes it does."

To be more specific this is Crysis Remastered (gog.com) playing from Heroic Games Launcher (flatpak) on an AUSU TUF Gaming A17 with a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Nouveau driver)

Is it Max possible FPS? No. Is it perfectly fine to play, yes.

#linux #gaming #crysis #kde #heroicgameslauncher #gog #nvidia

When you start using Casuarina and Tony adds a vid about Chimera 🤓
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr1R5FLW-OI
#casuarinalinux #chimeraLinux

I got the little M6 Ultra mini PC up and running today. The RAM and NVMe drive I had on hand are working well in it. I'm also quite relieved that it runs quietly. It's running a minimal Chimera Linux install. Pulls about 6W idle. #ChimeraLinux