Zenclora OS

debo_ 17 points 14 comments March 17, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)

OsrsNeedsf2P

Haven't investigated that much so there might be some big catch I'm missing, but I really wish people would stop making custom OSes and just help out an existing project

waterTanuki

Debian isn't known for being bloated so I don't get what the selling point here is. If I want a stripped down barebones system why not just use Arch?

autoexec

"Optimized & Light" but also the system requirements say it needs 10 GB for the just the system itself with 25 GB+ recommended. Regular old Debian recommends 10 GB of disk space too (but allows for installations that come in under 1 GB if you really want light) What kind of bloat did they get rid of to reach the same footprint as the OS they started from?

Retr0id

I do not understand the purpose of the `zen` tool, which is a giant bash script with hardcoded install/uninstall steps for each "package": https://github.com/Zenclora/build/blob/697c20a79b5638b4447bf...

owenpalmer

It's not an OS, it's a distro

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