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[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 116 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Someone tried it this year: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-tried-hannah-montana-linux-in-2025/

TL;DR complete failure. It hasn't been updated in 10 years.

[-] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 62 points 2 weeks ago

Like a lot of Linux distros, this should have just been a window manager theme and maybe a helper app

Absolutely no sense bringing in stuff like init system and depmod and C compiler version when what you care about is UI theming

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 40 points 2 weeks ago

Sometimes, just maybe, people do things to see if they can.

[-] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

oh and props for that... for doing and making new things in general

Just that distro-where-a-theme-would-do is something I see a lot of and people might wind up tackling a larger harder problem than they need to and not spending as much time & effort on the stuff they intended to.

And, a lot lot lot more people can easily download & appreciate a theme than move distros (though some perverse individuals make a habit of the latter)

[-] Peffse@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

If using era-appropriate hardware, I wonder if you could use archived Kubuntu repos to upgrade one at a time until it's a modern Linux kernel.

[-] Boxwine@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the link, I was gonna try it lol

[-] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 6 points 2 weeks ago

People should consider Justin Bieber Linux, at least it isn't that outdated.

[-] bort@sopuli.xyz 42 points 2 weeks ago
[-] sunoc@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

Came here to say that. If you actually plan to daily a meme distro Nyarch is probably your best bet imo!

[-] StopSpazzing@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Lol never seen this before.

[-] Cevilia 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[-] Mwa@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 31 points 2 weeks ago

No. Let me know if there's anything else.

[-] comador@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

How about Crunchbang or Linspire?

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

crunchbangplusplus and bunsenlabs exist as successors-in-spirit to crunchbang!

[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Very infrequently and no, respectively.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

i'm giving mint a try any day now

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 weeks ago

It's canonical (to me alone) that the HML is the basis for LCARS in the Star Trek universe.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 3 points 2 weeks ago

It is now for me too :).

[-] Luci@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, it’s the best right next to PuppyLinux and LinuxFromScratch

[-] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

People doing LFS have ascended

[-] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

I did it once. Never again.

[-] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

What's wrong with Puppy Linux?

[-] Luci@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing! Great for live media and daily running. Recommend.

[-] krunklom@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago

If you're not using HML you don't even deserve to breathe.

[-] aeternum 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nah. JBL is where it’s at

[-] hanke@feddit.nu 2 points 2 weeks ago

You mean Beabian?

[-] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 8 points 2 weeks ago

I always wanted to know if Miley ever used this.

[-] SuperDuperKitten 7 points 2 weeks ago

The only footage of Miley checking if anyone talk about Hannah Montana Linux /j

[-] Boxwine@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I think Hannah used it, but I don't know if Miley did

[-] klu9@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

At least, never at the same time.

[-] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

If you try and log in with the user name "Miley" it should give you secret root access.

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

It hasn't been updated in years.

[-] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I mean it's just a themed Kubuntu, right?

  • Ubuntu is pretty stable, but the latest is pretty up-to-date atm. It's also well supported and well understood by the wider linux community
  • KDE is a solid choice as it will be familiar to Windows users (afterall, Windows 11's GUI was based on Plasma)
  • The novelty of using a Hannah Montana themed linux distro is fun

It's a fine beginner distro

[-] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

KDE is a solid choice as it will be familiar to Windows users (afterall, Windows 11's GUI was based on Plasma)

Would you say it's the best of both worlds?

[-] pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's KDE 4.2 though.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I prefer MCL

[-] sepi@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Low key this might be one of the more serious distros. Mad respect from a long beard.

[-] sheepishly@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Boxwine@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

The ball and pinball decided it, HML is for me

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes but you have to play the theme song while installing.

[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

imo this (.world link) is a better choice

[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago
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