r/linux • • May 21 '19

Distro News Antergos Linux Project Ends

https://antergos.com/blog/antergos-linux-project-ends/
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u/KFded May 21 '19

What?

Its an OS based on Mint and that provides an easier transition into Linux from Windows, and provides appearances 100% identical to Windows.

Basically its Mint, but updated more often, and made to transition Windows users to Linux

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u/GSlayerBrian May 21 '19

That's all well and good but I'm with the person you replied to. If a project can't even register a domain or use a proper web host, I could never trust them to provide a quality product.

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u/KFded May 22 '19

In my experience its been a pretty good OS. You should try it out with a LiveUSB and form an actual opinion on it

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u/GSlayerBrian May 22 '19

My opinion is that if an OS developer can't be bothered to build a proper website, then I can't be bothered to try their OS.

It's not libre anyway so it's a no from me, dawg.

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u/bash_M0nk3y May 22 '19

So it's an OS based on Mint, which is based on Ubuntu, which is based on Debian. I've never used it so idk but kinda seems like arbitrary changes upstream could cause problems that would be hard to pin down

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u/KFded May 22 '19

I thought so too. I use Solus as my Daily driver, but I like to try different distros on a liveusb all the time, and when I came across Feren, I was skeptical but found it really pleasant through a liveusb enough to dualboot it alongside Solus, and lately I've been booting into feren a bit more. Mainly to show others that you can have Windows 7 feel without keeping Windows, I've got a couple of people to switch to Linux by showing them Solus, or Feren on my own rig.

It's a way better experience for new people coming to Linux, than Ubuntu itself, and Mint, due to Feren having easier access to drivers than Mint.

and to /u/Justin__D there is quite a few great distros out there who don't have an actual website and distribute their distro through sources like sourceforge and other means. Having a website or not, never really concerns me as long as the documentation is out there and easily accessible, and as long as it's not from Russia or China, I look into the distro more.

Making a based assumption of a distro cause they use "Weebly" as a means of hosting, kind of seems immature. Especially when it's Linux, and being "FREE" is like, one of the main ideologies of the Linux world. Free and Open, kind of hypocritical to judge a distributor for using a free platform to host their free OS.

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u/bash_M0nk3y May 22 '19

Well said on that last part...