anybody here hear of T2 project?

smitty · 2008-01-24 23:41:26

I have just stumped across this website, today, while researching about building custom distros. I got here by
researching about "Rock Linux", supposedly the initial project that this might have forked out of. So, far I have came across "LFS", "Rock Linux", and "T2 Project" for building your own distros "from scratch". Are there others I haven't heard of? Any thoughts / comments on all of those projects? Here is the URL for T2:

http://www.t2-project.org

Allan · 2008-01-25 00:30:28

Well, there is also DIY Linux (http://www.diy-linux.org/) which is basically a LFS fork.

I used to run LFS. It was good to learn about lots of things but in the end it was just too much effort to keep maintained.

ibendiben · 2008-01-25 00:31:04

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_vs_Others Is going to become your favourite page I expect

Arch vs T2
From Frequently Asked Questions http://www.t2-project.org/faq/
Q: Why T2 when there is Gentoo?
A: T2, or more accurately, its precursor ROCK Linux, was already started in 1998 some month before Gentoo and also registered earlier on freshmeat - so the question should better be asked the other way around. Also on the technical side T2 allows for industrial strength development, permanent target definitions, cross builds, alternative embedded C libraries, and multiple init systems to choose from. Furthermore, T2 packages usually do not contain any code and are based on a key-value text file, making working and updating packages in T2 a snap.
Arch again competes by using binaries for i686 (fast without need to build everything). T2 seems to be a technically powerful competitor. Might beat Arch in a variety of roles since it can go down to embedded etc. One to watch.

Read reviews at distrowatch too..

smitty · 2008-01-25 11:16:32

Allan wrote:

Well, there is also DIY Linux (http://www.diy-linux.org/) which is basically a LFS fork.
I used to run LFS. It was good to learn about lots of things but in the end it was just too much effort to keep maintained.

Is it possible to run all of these in a virtual machine?

Allan · 2008-01-25 13:20:39

smitty wrote:

Is it possible to run all of these in a virtual machine?

I don't see why not...

Arch Linux

#1 2008-01-24 23:41:26

anybody here hear of T2 project?

#2 2008-01-25 00:30:28

Re: anybody here hear of T2 project?

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#4 2008-01-25 11:16:32

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#5 2008-01-25 13:20:39

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