Exherbo aims to be a stable and flexible distribution for developers, tinkerers and people who need their distribution to help them be productive. Exherbo actually makes it fun for developers to develop, be it on their own code or the distribution itself. A good set of tools, clear, up-front configuration and excellent support for decentralized development make the system work for instead of against the developer.
Features include:
- Source based Linux distribution with up-front configuration – common tasks like package installation and updates follow a flexible yet deterministic and comprehensible path.
- Decentralised development done properly – mixing in packages from unofficial sources or even packages that you wrote yourself is easy.
- For developers
- Native multiple architecture support (multiarch).
- Uses a couple of bits of code, and some ideas, from other open source projects, but the majority of code is original, not forked. Takes some ideas from other open source projects but it’s our own ideas that really sets us apart and defines Exherbo.
- Uses the Paludis package manager with a custom built EAPI. Paludis is a fast and flexible package manager.
- Simple and safe account management The system manage users and groups so you don’t have to worry about them.
- Tracking unwritten packages With the unwritten repository, packages that haven’t been made can be tracked by the distribution itself, speeding up workflow.
- Alternatives If program Y does everything X does, but better, Exherbo can use Y instead of X in all cases.
| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | - |
| Init Software: | - |
| Package Management: | Paludis |
| Release Model: | Rolling |
| Platforms: | armv7, x86, x86_64 |
| Home Page: | www.exherbolinux.org |
| Developer: | Exherbo |
| This article is part of our Big List of Active Linux Distros which is currently under development. |
What's a Linux distribution ("distro")? |
| A distro provides the user with a desktop environment, preloaded applications, and ways to update and maintain the system. Each distro makes different choices, deciding which open source projects to install and provides custom written programs. They can have different philosophies. Some distros are intended for desktop computers, some for servers without a graphical interface, and others for special uses. Because Linux is an open source operating system, combinations of software vary between Linux distros. |