[news/distro] Vanilla OS 22.10: An Arch and Fedora-compatible Ubuntu
1 message · started by Devi Garcia on Jan 03, 2023
[news/distro] Vanilla OS 22.10: An Arch and Fedora-compatible Ubuntu
From Devi Garcia · Jan 03, 2023
The first release of Vanilla OS is based on Ubuntu 22.10, but a slightly different desktop conceals much more dramatic changes under the hood.
22.10 Kinetic is the first stable release from the Vanilla OS project, and as its version number suggests, its parent distro is Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu", which appeared in October. However, Vanilla OS is very much not just another Ubuntu remix. While it is based on Ubuntu and has a degree of compatibility with it, Vanilla OS is an ambitious distro. It changes the way the operating system is built, maintained and used in profound ways.
Although the underlying Linux is Ubuntu, it doesn't look much like Ubuntu or feel like it either. Down at the bottom, the project's website modestly says:
Vanilla OS is made possible by the following technologies.
Ubuntu — GNOME — Distrobox — ABRoot — Apx
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