https://github.com/wyvertux/wyverkiss

(INACTIVE) An (unofficial) alternative rootfs for KISS Linux
https://github.com/wyvertux/wyverkiss

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(INACTIVE) An (unofficial) alternative rootfs for KISS Linux

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/wyvertux/wyverkiss
• Owner: wyvertux
• License: mit
• Archived: true
• Created: 2020-02-12T01:44:41.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-01-01T09:09:23.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-03T21:03:11.225Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: kiss-repo
• Language: Shell
• Homepage:
• Size: 743 KB
• Stars: 42
• Watchers: 13
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README
  • License: COPYING

Awesome Lists containing this project

• awesome-kiss - Wyverkiss - If KISS goes GNU, we go the opposite. (Spins)

README

        
Unfortunately, due to lack of interest of maintaining this project (the

KISS original author disappeared for the second time, I got a day job,

and I don't really agree with the direction taken by "the new

management"), Wyverkiss and its associated projects are no longer under

development of any kind.

Wyverkiss was originally a realisation of a personal "what-if"

situation. I've always been fascinated with how an operating system is

built. I used Gentoo at first, learning about GCC, compiler flags, and

so on and built an LFS system to manually build everything, and finally,

after seeing Clang and other alternative compilers which the BSDs use,

try to see if Clang (at that time, version 3.8) is good enough to build

almost everything in the Linux land (it wasn't). This fascination

somewhat waned with me graduating from high school and entering college.

My interest renewed in 2019, when I had to write my bachelor's thesis.

A lot of package managers are too complicated or ugly, so when Dylan

came in with KISS package manager and format, I hopped on since it's

simple enough and has a pretty good format. The progress in 4 years

finally saw that the LLVM suite is good enough to be one of the core

components of a Linux system. Curiosity satisfied, and it's good enough

for my personal use.

However, maintaining a whole distribution is a different ballpark, you

have to keep it updated, build some infrastructure, and if you want to

make it general-purpose, consider the common and somewhat uncommon use

cases, and you need to have a good network, which I don't have any.

Therefore, I decided to abandon this project.

If you like to see a general-purpose Linux distribution with an

alternative toolchain (including LLVM, musl, etc.), you can check out

Chimera Linux [1], I personally regard the author as trustworthy and

resourceful. and is not overly "militant" to sacrifice practicality. If

you need a KISS Linux-like experience, you can try Glasnost Linux [2].

This repository is now archived.

[1] https://chimera-linux.org

[2] https://www.glasnost.org

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\  /\  /

 \/  \/yverkiss

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Wyverkiss is an alternative rootfs for KISS Linux. If KISS goes GNU, we

go the opposite.

Wyverkiss (unlike Wyvertux) is supposed to closely track KISS Linux as

much as possible. It means the Wyverkiss repo will only be used as an

"overlay" for KISS Linux to work outside the GNU toolchain ecosystem

(except for a select few programs that will be needed). The changes made

in Wyverkiss will be upstreamed if possible.

Ideally, this repository should be almost empty or unneeded at all. But

that would be highly unrealistic.

Changes

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This table contains a summary of GNU programs replaced by its

equivalents. However, it is not an exhaustive list, and some GNU

programs mentioned may still be included in a separate repository, gnu/.

  +------------------+---------------+

  | Original package |  Replacement  |

  +------------------+---------------+

  | GNU gcc/g++      | Clang{,++}    |

  | GNU libstdc++    | libc++        |

  | GNU make         | bmake         |

  | GNU binutils     | LLVM binutils |

  | GNU bison        | byacc         |

  +------------------+---------------+

Disclaimer

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Wyverkiss is not officially supported by KISS Linux.

Use at your own risk. Support for certain packages are not guaranteed.