Hannah Montana Arch(btw) GNU/Linux Edition (Meme Project)

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I figured I'd show off something I've been working on and off for the past year

I finally have completed Hannah Montana Arch(btw) GNU/Linux Edition

It runs KDE 4.2.2 from 2009 and has all the beautiful theming from the original! The world's best distro is finally immortalized with a rolling release model!

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GitHub project with iso download:

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Now that's something different! :exploding_head::face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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Go Crazy Wtf GIF

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Using advanced modern technology (making PKGBUILDS from .deb packages), the beauty of KDE 4.2.2 can grace modern day Arch Linux!

How did that work out​:rofl: Did you just download .deb packages and wrapped PKGBUILDs for them?

Summary

This is what I see for the PKGBUILDs I looked at: Extract .deb and call it a day

package(){

	# Extract package data
	tar xzf data.tar.gz -C "${pkgdir}"

	install -D -m644 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/ark/copyright" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${_pkgname}/LICENSE"

}
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Thank you for the amazing work, now I see the true light. Soon, I will be able to say "I use Hannah Montana Arch(btw) GNU/Linux btw", and help other Linux veterans and noobs alike to discover their true calling in this wonderfully made version of Linux.

Btw, the Github page is absolutely beautiful :joy:

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Because only 1 btw is not enough.

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I think you meant "I hurled on Hannah Montana Arch(btw) GNU/Linux btw" :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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You must live an awfully boring life. Either that, or you have an unhealthy obsession.
:rofl:

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Installing now

thank you :+1:

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So I have to ask when are we getting the Rick Roll version? :man_facepalming:

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I went afk for a week after posting this lol.

Spot on, i used debtap to convert all the deb packages to PKGBUILDs.

Compiling from source seemed pretty difficult to do, kde4 was a mess and old documentation was often half-baked or completely broken

I downloaded a regular gnome ubuntu iso and captured the apt package cache/details. I then copied that to a different instance of apt, pointed it to ubuntu's archive and asked it to install kubuntu-desktop using the --download-only flag. Voila, I had every .deb file I needed!

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Honestly, it was legit like 100 hours of work. Part of the reason it took me a year is because my therapist told me I had to stop since I couldn't do it in moderation.

It's been something like 90% done for about 7 months, and I just finished polishing it off when I was busy not paying attention to college lectures :joy:

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