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#Linux su floppy nel 2026: #FLOPPINUX, kernel e #BusyBox compressi in 1,44 MB
https://go.squidapp.co/n/iGX1R6F -
Tangents aside, people are free to create forks and even branches that include #SystemD or use #BusyBox:
That is the #Freedom of #FLOSS and in fact for anything outside the 1440kB target we'd accept #SystemD since it works and solves a lot of issues...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGogoGranted OS/1337 isn't a #demo first but rather tries to take the concept of #tomsrtbt and @w84death 's #Floppinux and tries to make it something that is useable and can be extended to arbitrary complexity if one desires to...
It's about making a tiny #Linux distro that is #reproduceable and #auditable...
It won't replace @ubuntu or any other big distro, likely it won't even replace #mkroot from #toybox but it should be a clean and level foundation for small #IoT and #EmbeddedSystems projects and products...
Something that is easy to build and customize and port to other platforms...
And we're open for contributions:
https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob/main/docu/ideas/architectures.tsv -
@sjmulder @howtophil yeah.
Even @w84death 's #Floppinux will need - like OS/1337 - at least 16 MB of RAM...
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@Yuki As of now the design goal is a single 1440kB FDD as something one can bootstrap to arbitrary complexity.
Inspired by @landley 's #mkroot and @w84death 's #Floppinux as well as #tomsrtbt.
Tho Ideally we'd not have #SLS / #Slackware - style #FloppyOrgies and preferably have a #Minimalist #Linux that pulls necessities from a mirror [cacheable!] if need be or from a mini-CD...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0NM-AfmZPM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6GRLhVXYMk videos via @ncommander -
@DavittoKun Actually, I've not come that long and have been quite #lazy and #halfassing things way too much.
I just took @w84death 's #Floppinux Manual, a current #Linux Kernel, yeeted #BusyBox for @landley 's #toybox and hammered enough keys with my monkey brain to get a console working.
@SweetAIBelle them beautified and streamlined the list of scripts I used to build it and provided ample of feedback and suggestions.
In fact, I think everyone should read that Floppinux manual which is also a nice writeup to get started at the surface of it.
https://archive.org/details/floppinux-manual/It's an ongoing process and ideally it'll get modest success for those that look for #OpenBSD-alike security but with the ease and simplicity of "how do I get this running on my [weird] box?" since basically every SoC today can boot Linux more or less straightforward to some degree.
I do OFC value and welcome feedback and support on that matter, as I can't even remotely claim to know everything without ridiculing myself with such a baseless statement.
https://github.com/OS-1337Does it seem redundant to #mkroot?
Yeah, but that's expected since mkroot's goal is to showcase toybox's self-reproduceability and using it's built-in gzip instead of xz is just one of the many concessions this will inevitably demand...Do I want OS/1337 to be 'self-hosting'?
Yes, but it's not the prime goal and thus currently out of focus for testing...A lot of things will develop over time...
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@DavittoKun @landley One of many goals...
The core goal is to build a clean slate of a minimalist Linux that can then be used as basis for a lot of projects.
Because whilst things could be done with a @Raspberry_Pi & #RaspberryPiOS, having to ship over a quarter gigabyte of a minimalist Debian feels excessive.
Also it's about having some good replacement for #tmsrtbt that isn't just a #TechDemo like #Floppinux, which @w84death did and evidenced that it's perfectly possible to do so...
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@DavittoKun @landley One of many goals...
The core goal is to build a clean slate of a minimalist Linux that can then be used as basis for a lot of projects.
Because whilst things could be done with a @Raspberry_Pi & #RaspberryPiOS, having to ship over a quarter gigabyte of a minimalist Debian feels excessive.
Also it's about having some good replacement for #tmsrtbt that isn't just a #TechDemo like #Floppinux...
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@DavittoKun @landley One of many goals...
The core goal is to build a clean slate of a minimalist Linux that can then be used as basis for a lot of projects.
Because whilst things could be done with a @Raspberry_Pi & #RaspberryPiOS, having to ship over a quarter gigabyte of a minimalist Debian feels excessive.
Also it's about having some good replacement for #tmsrtbt that isn't just a #TechDemo like #Floppinux, which @w84death did and evidenced that it's perfectly possible to do so...
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@DavittoKun @landley One of many goals...
The core goal is to build a clean slate of a minimalist Linux that can then be used as basis for a lot of projects.
Because whilst things could be done with a @Raspberry_Pi & #RaspberryPiOS, having to ship over a quarter gigabyte of a minimalist Debian feels excessive.
Also it's about having some good replacement for #tmsrtbt that isn't just a #TechDemo like #Floppinux...
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@nemo Right now I'm working the "#CORE" or #MinimumViableProduct" version following the #Floppinux manual.
It's basically #Linux with #Ethernet drivers, a basic #console as per #Toybox and #Dropbear as #SSH-Client.
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@nemo Right now I'm working the "#CORE" or #MinimumViableProduct" version following the #Floppinux manual.
It's basically #Linux with #Ethernet drivers, a basic #console as per #Toybox and #Dropbear as #SSH-Client.
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@nemo Right now I'm working the "#CORE" or #MinimumViableProduct" version following the #Floppinux manual.
It's basically #Linux with #Ethernet drivers, a basic #console as per #Toybox and #Dropbear as #SSH-Client.