for example lubuntu and xubuntu, do they really count as distros seperate from ubuntu? if u were to use xfce or lxqt in debian u would still be using debian either way.
u cant say its even about the init system cus u can use openrc or systemd in gentoo but in either case ud still be using gentoo.
i understand how the package manager and repos would make a distro a distro, so then what makes endeavor os its own distro if it uses pacman and the same arch repos?
anyway im not throwing shade on any distros i think all these projects are amazing, but i just wanna know is a distro a distro when it just has its own sort of community and people?
so what do u think guys am i just tweaking or what?