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Introducing matrixOS, an Immutable Gentoo-Based Linux Distro
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You've probably never heard of matrixOS because it's new. What it is, however, is not new. In fact, the developer, Fabio Erculiani, has taken two pieces of technology, Gentoo Linux and immutability, and combined them to form a distribution that sounds quite appealing.
Imagine getting the high-level customization of Gentoo, with the rock-solid security that comes with immutability? Intrigued? I know I am.
If Fabio Erculiani sounds familiar, it's because he was behind Sabayon Linux, which aimed to make Gentoo easier for users to install.
According to the matrixOS GitHub page, "Our two main goals are: Reliability: Providing a stable, immutable base system through OSTree, which allows for atomic upgrades and rollbacks.
Gaming-Friendly: Shipping with the Steam loader, Lutris, and optimizations to get you gaming on both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs with minimal fuss...and our motto is: emerge once, deploy everywhere."
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Gentoo Starts Exit from GitHub’s Microsoft and Copilot‑Infested Walled Garden - FOSS Force
Gentoo’s in the process of saying goodbye to GitHub. Why? In a nutshell: Microsoft and AI.
It’s ironic that GitHub, the largest platform on the planet for the version management tool Git, is owned by Microsoft. The underlying Git software was developed by Linux creator Linus Torvalds.
Lately, Microsoft has gone all in when it comes to pushing Copilot, an AI coding assistant that includes code completion, chat, and agentic workflow capabilities. Although a dumbed-down freemium version ships with Windows 11 as a built‑in, general-purpose AI assistant, what they’re pushing to developers is the much more capable paid versions, which include Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Copilot+ PCs, and others.
Evidently, the company’s tactics to push Copilot onto GitHub users are a bit on the aggressive side, because they’ve driven the Linux distribution Gentoo to start a migration to GitHub competitor Codeberg.