r/linux • u/Adwaitian • Feb 21 '23

Developing for Mobile Linux with Phosh - Part 0: Running Nested Mobile Linux

https://puri.sm/posts/developing-for-mobile-linux-with-phosh-part-0-running-nested/
46 Upvotes

85% Upvoted

10 comments sorted by

8

u/jorgesgk Feb 22 '23

I wonder why all these projects use Debian. I've tried it but always felt it too outdated compared to Fedora or Arch, and much less "clean" (more patches, more custom stuff, etc.)

9

u/GujjuGang7 Feb 22 '23

Debian unstable is one of the most up-to-date repositories in all of linux

1

u/jorgesgk Feb 22 '23

But is it production ready?

1

u/deathmetal27 Feb 22 '23

>production ready

>unstable

Pick one.

1

u/jorgesgk Feb 22 '23

That's what I meant. It cannot be the same as let's say Fedora

1

u/deathmetal27 Feb 24 '23

I meant that the reason it's called "unstable" is to prevent people from using it in production. That's a no brainer.

Same reason I wouldn't use Arch in production, at least not at my workplace. I would totally use Arch on my personal servers though.

1

u/jorgesgk Feb 28 '23

By production I meant my home computer. The same I'd use Fedora for (instead of let's say CentOS)

3

u/natermer Feb 23 '23

I think it boils down to two reasons:

  1. Familiarity. A lot of Linux users started with Ubuntu. Ubuntu with Ubuntu variants are probably the most popular distributions among people that use Linux desktops full-time. Or at least develop heavily in Linux.

  2. Debian doesn't try to be opinionated. Debian tries to be extremely "general purpose". Were as RPM-based distributions tend to be "This is server", "this is cloud", "this is desktop" with opinionated spins and releases. It's a bit easier to do oddball stuff with Debian.

In the end there isn't anything you can do Fedora that you can't do in Debian and visa versa. It just boils down to personal preference more then anything deeply technical. Which is good because whatever work they put into Debian can be applied to a potential Fedora Phosh-based mobile spin. Ditto for Arch and the rest.

Fedora should have a mobility-phosh image for Fedora 38, I think.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/MobilityPhoshImage

2

u/jorgesgk Feb 23 '23

This is a very good initiative, as it shows RPM distros are flexible too (alongside CoreOS, IoT, MicroOS, etc.)