blue dot linux
A minimalinux system that can rebuild itself and is a ttylinux build system.
blue dot linux currently in very early stages of development.
Ref:
minimalinux.org and
ttylinux
blue dot linux is distributed as a scriptibution:
=> It is a project of scripts that build a Linux distribution.
=> No binaries are distributed.
=> minimalinux.org bandwidth issues are reduced.
This scriptibution will download needed source packages from the maintainers'
sites and build a small Linux system into a local directory, a partition on
disk, flash or spinning, or make a CD-ROM ISO image. When building on a 32-bit
system a 32-bit blue dot linux system is built. When building on an x86_64
system an x86_64 blue dot linux system is built.
This project is a set of scripts that implement a mostly Linux From Scratch
build with a heavy Maurice influence, and is used (when it becomes capable)
by Douglas as his primary desktop Linux workstation that is used for developing
ttylinux. [My current system is a home-made Linux workstation and this project
is an update of that system captured in shell scripts.]
Blame Paul for the "scriptibution" word.
Status:
=> Builds a much too small system.
=> Has gcc and g++.
=> Builds a root file system and a kernel.
=> After building you can chroot to it or build your own bootable ISO image.
Next:
My next step is to add the build of a bootable CR-ROM ISO image; I plan to use
SquashFS. The /etc/fstab file currently is not correct for booting; you need to
set it up for your own bootable system.
Download:
The latest version for intrepid and curious peoples is
bdlinux-0.1.tar.bz2
Try the download mirror at
linux.yosh.se
if you have problems downloading from minimalinux.org.