NOTE: this page was originally written on a notebook, around when I switched back to FreeBSD (6 days before the “port” of this). Take into mind this is exactly as it was written — in the raw HTML are my, well, comments after a while of not using it. Do note that this rant is basically my complaints with it rather than reasons of why you shouldn't use Chimera! Your experience with it may be better than mine :-).

Chimera is absolute dogshit. It is ultimately a limiting system that prides itself with providing a “status quo” to its uses, which is no less than a lie.

What one would expect to work simply does not: a grand amount of packages you would see in other distributions are simply not packaged: may that be because of the developers' opinion, need, or something else. It also comes with oh-so-many dependencies that you most likely can't keep track.

This may simply be because the developers simply believe or wish the user is a true beginner, even though the installation itself is akin to that of Arch Linux.

What is believed of those who work on this project is truly a puzzle to be solved—it borrows many concepts from various places, which, although good, does not mean it should.

There are various alternatives to this project, I'm aware, but the absurdity of it all is shocking to me.

I, originally, quit Chimera because of this. I believed it to be limiting and quit it, as I should've; after it, I went to FreeBSD, whom I'll consider home until something better opens up.

After almost a year had its toll on me, I had forgotten the reason of my outing, and thought: “Linux has some things I miss,” of which was incorrect. I do not miss Linux and neither do I plan to use it in any way.

Now, I realized at the few days of usage of how horrid it was—during the installation process, it took me approximately 6 reboots onto the live image to get something properly running.

Maybe, I just disagree with their vision. Maybe it is not for me. All I know for certain is I'm not using it again, for whatever reason.