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axs

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Registered: 2009-01-23

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minibase - building blocks for systemd-free graphical linux

Sources and detailed description:

  https://github.com/arsv/minibase

Bootable image, kernel + initrd + encrypted rootfs (64MB):

  https://github.com/arsv/miniroot/releas … -crypt.tar

Run it in qemu using supplied script, or write the image to some usb flash and boot on real hardware. Should work on Intel laptops, or anything with i915/i965 video and iwlwifi.

Unpacked files from the image above (14MB):

  https://github.com/arsv/miniroot/releas … oot.tar.xz

Feel free to poke around to see how it's all set up.

There's no conventional login in this system. The password you type at the start is only used to unwrap disk encryption keys. User sessions are pinned to certain VTs, instead of typing username you just press C-Fn.
C-F3 and C-F4: two Weston sessions, C-Esc management console, C-F2: temporary root console.
Check https://github.com/arsv/miniroot README for some other stuff there.

The whole project is written in plain C with a custom base library. No libc is needed to build it, and no other libraries. These tools do not care which libc is used for the rest of the system.

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From: Bagelstan

Registered: 2014-05-04

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Re: minibase - building blocks for systemd-free graphical linux

How is this related to Arch?

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