What distribution of Linux should Cannux be based on?

[torvos]

Like the title says and is described on the site, one of the first step is choosing a mature Linux distribution to serve as the project's foundation. Ideally a strong upstream distribution will give us a stable base, proven security practices, and access to a large ecosystem of software.

[simardeep1792]

I chose Debian <3

No company owns it. Its community runs it, and a non-profit holds its assets, so no vendor can change its direction or licensing overnight. It is also technically solid, with long-supported stable releases, an open security process, signed archives, and leading work on reproducible builds.

Ubuntu came close. Canonical does strong security work, including its new weekly kernel update cycle, but one company makes those decisions. Fedora has excellent engineering, but each release lasts only about 13 months and Red Hat steers its direction. The other options were either too niche, too unstable, or too much to maintain ourselves.

[schindld]

We have a couple of giants we can stand on the shoulders of:

• The Dutch government built on Nix.
• The French government use GendBuntu.
• The city of Munich has LiMux.
• There's also a proof-of-concept EU OS. Based on a few distros like Fedora. They use Bootable Container Images. Here's their Fedora-based image config. The EU OS site also has lots of research into various government OS efforts around the world on their Use Cases page.

[TeamDman]

I've heard good things about Nix but I am more used to debian, my understanding is that nix shell can be used within debian so that would be a nice way to have a recommended path for gradual adoption.
"Why not both?"

[dboudreau00]

Ubuntu and copy Mint. Improve on that.
It'll reach more people, faster, and ease of use will make less technical users be more adaptive.

[l-unique-vieux]

Ubuntu for its hardware support.