Linder is a satirical dating-app parody: swipe through a deck of 83 Linux distributions, each with a desktop screenshot, a tagline written in its own voice, a short bio, and personality tags. Like enough of them and you get a match — plus two runner-ups and a verdict on your taste, and a red flag your new distro only admits to once you're already committed.
Backstory
Linder started as a joke that wouldn't leave me alone: what if every Linux distro had a dating profile? So I built one for 83 of them, pulling base data from DistroWatch with a small scraper and rewriting each into its own voice, bio, and self-deprecating red flag. Swiping runs through a small scoring algorithm that tallies which tags you keep liking, so the eventual match reflects the taste you reveal one swipe at a time. It's a solo project, and it's traveled further than I expected — a post on r/DistroHopping, a share on LinkedIn, and a small but genuine trickle of GitHub stars.
Highlights
83 Distro Dating Profiles
Screenshot, in-character bio, and tags for each
Swipe-to-Match Deck
Tinder-style drag gestures, built with Motion
Preference-Weighted Matching
Scores your match from every tag you liked
Red Flag Reveal
Every distro's dealbreaker, shown only after you match
Runner-Ups & Verdict
Two runner-up matches and a judgmental read on your taste