@FirewallDragons needless to, say I'm dissatisfied with existing options re: #Firmware, espechally for.my prokects like #PocketCrypto [1], #Cryptofon [2] and #LambdaCrypt [3] that I started @OS1337 [4] as #OpenADK, #YoctoProject amd #LinuxFromScratch are either too #cringe, #bloated or #complex IMHO and I wantes something simple and auditable...

@soatok nodds in agreement

Same reason why my own projects (#Cryptofon, #PocketCrypto & #LambdaCrypt) are stuck in concept / development hell for over a decade...

• I'd rather do things diligently or not at all...

@SweetAIBelle that's why I started @OS1337 : I looked at #Floppynux by @w84death and while it works with #BusyBox it doesn't do much beyond cat and vi and doesn't even have like drivers to store anything.

OFC #OS1337 isn't much better as of now but I do share the motivation that made @landley start #toybox:

A simple, clean, lean and adaptible, #smol #Linux distro that can be the solid foundation for anything.
https://youtu.be/MkJkyMuBm3g&t=1408
Whilst #mkroot is nice, I think there is some room for improvement and building an actual #distro.

• Also he has made excellent documentation including a live demonstration on how to basically DIY a minimalist linux from scratch with #musl & toybox: https://youtu.be/Sk9TatW9ino

I feel that "Just chug in a #RaspberryPi with the lite Version of #RaspberryPiOS seems quite overkill (it's a 350MiB (!!!) image) for most projects and espechally when it comes to #security-related stuff like #Cryptofon, #PocketCrypto and #LambdaCrypt.

• I think that besides "Don't DIY encryption! There are excellent implementations ready to grab and go!" the #KISS-Principle is key, cuz I'm a shit coder and I want to avoid having to fiddle around and instead make it easy to fix stuff just by updating versions from upstream.