Vendefoul Wolf is a Linux distro that goes against the grain with terrific results

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Vendefoul Wolf is a Linux distro with an old-school twist.

You get SysVinit and XLibre, and a bare-bones list of apps.

Vendefoul Wolf can be downloaded and installed for free.

From the beginning, Linux hasn't played by the rules. Over the years, there have been distributions that took that ideology even further and broke from what others were doing.

One example is when systemd became the de facto standard init system for Linux. That change irked many developers, who then created alternative distributions that used a different system. Even the windowing system saw a bit of rebellion when it became obvious that Wayland was the future. In other words, there were alternatives to the alternatives.

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That situation is the case with Vendefoul Wolf. Not only is the name different, but the distribution follows the beat of a different drummer.

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