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Why not just use mkosi? There are so many tools that do this already and mkosi is cross distro and can do super modern stuff like use UKIs.
by ilovecaching 4y ago
Why not just use mkosi? There are so many tools that do this already and mkosi is cross distro and can do super modern stuff like use UKIs.
- merb 4y agoalways when somebody says "why not use use X?" i always need to thing at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 sometimes the answer is just, why not? - it's not forbidden to learn something or try a different approach.
- ilovecaching 4y ago1. Having N tools that are 95% the same is just frustrating for everyone trying to find a tool that will be maintained. 2. Contributing to a project that almost does what you want leads to better tools that are also maintained so they can be relied upon to build new things. 3. Instead of building the Nth version of something, you could be working on something novel. Theres no value from building something new if you can just learn how something that exists works and contribute to it instead. NIH syndrome is actively harmful to open source.
- asdfqweqe12 4y agoI hate this reddit style comment of linking a barely related thread, not to make any sort of point, but to just try to show you are in the know of some in joke.
- groestl 4y agoSince I've been looking at mkosi for building Debian images recently, I would love a section which clarifies/differentiates features (and goals/non-goals) of linux factory and mkosi.