I don’t even remember how I’d heard about Serpent OS but I’ve been very sloppily following its development. Despite the fact that I wouldn’t be able to use it on a work machine because I work completely in a heterogeneous environment with a ton of Windows services that I need to meaningfully interact with and administer and I’d prefer to do that without the need for a bastion box sitting in between. But that’s me, at work.
I completely respect the design philosophy behind this distribution, from their About page:
We’re focused on building a Linux distribution that serves our own needs. Chiefly, a Linux distribution for people who want to use Linux, not a “Linux-based-OS” focusing on interoptability with macOS* + Windows*.
In a nut shell, this is not “Linux for the masses”. This is a project setting out to use Linux as Linux should be used. This will in turn help us to build a significantly advanced Linux distribution that is both modular and optimised for modern machines.
They’re also extending a raised middle finger to Nvidia and insistence on the use of mediocre binary blobs for Linux support which I also support. I’m writing this as a reminder to keep checking in with this distribution and eventually, when time is less pinched, doing a test install when they’re closer to a test release. I’m excited about this and look forward to how Serpent OS progresses and what optimizations they’re able to create by largely ignoring the non-Linux ecosystem most of us are soundly saddled with.
