#MinimalOS

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-09-14

πŸ–₯️ Oh sure, everyone has an hour to spare for "a minimal proof of concept OS on RISCV"β€”next you'll be your own silicon in your , right? πŸ™„ This is perfect for those who have too much free time and an insatiable desire to be the only person who understands their own obscure system software. πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’»
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nickbeardednickbearded
2025-08-12

🌍 BashCore is spreading: 10 downloads this week from every corner of the globe! πŸš€

*** Both CLI & GUI builds on Debian 13 Trixie have been available in non-stable form, but this week I’m replacing them with fresh stable builds, released just 3 days ago (Aug 9). ***

Minimalism goes global, now with LTS power! πŸ‘Š

ASHIQUR RAHMAN13arvd
2025-07-26

πŸ” GrapheneOS isn’t just de-Googled β€” it’s de-risked.

πŸ“± Built on AOSP, hardened with custom memory safety, exec protections, and zero default Google spyware.

Why it matters?
β†’ No telemetry.
β†’ No app hijack.
β†’ No location leaks.
β†’ Sandboxed Play Services (if you choose to install it).

🧠 You control every layer β€” from bootloader to baseband.

Privacy isn’t a feature. It’s the foundation.

nickbeardednickbearded
2025-07-20

151 downloads worldwide since launch: CLI, GUI, and even the unstable Trixie builds.

We hope those who tried BashCore found it useful.

Maybe someone really used it. Maybe more than one.

There's an email on the site if you want to write, ask, suggest… or even insult us πŸ˜…

bashcore.org

nickbeardednickbearded
2025-07-11

Running a custom stress test on several distros.

Not CPU burn, pure OS torment: forks, files, mounts, chaos.

BashCoreX and Parrot survived. Respect.
Others? Still on the torture rack.
No mercy, no GUI, just init, I/O and system calls.

Let’s see who breaks first.

nickbeardednickbearded
2025-06-06

Booted BashCoreX live on my MSI i7 Katana from a 32GB USB stick using Ventoy (with other ISOs on it).
Still got 15.1 GB of usable space on the live system 😳

Running with 16 cores, OS using less than 1GB of RAM.
It’s fast, clean, and lightweight. I'm honestly impressed.

Minimalist OS, max efficiency. πŸ’ͺ

nickbeardednickbearded
2025-04-08

[Day 1 complete – BashCore Uptime Test]
One full day running non-stop from a USB 2.0 stick on an Acer Aspire One D160 (2009, 2 GB RAM, no battery).

RAM: 800 MB / 1.91 GB
Load avg: 0.60 0.70 0.43
Stress-ng still running at ~18% CPU
Zero crashes, zero hangs. Still responsive.

Uptime test continues... 6 days to go!

nickbeardednickbearded
2025-04-07

[Update – 8 hours later]
BashCore still holding strong.

RAM steady at 700 MB

Load average: 0.25 0.18 0.20

No GUI, no disk writes, 6 active terminals

Running from a USB 2.0 stick (8 GB!)

Host: Acer Aspire One D160 (2009, 2 cores, 2 GB RAM, no battery, Wi-Fi only) πŸ˜…

Uptime test continues. 6.5 days to go.

nickbeardednickbearded
2025-03-08

πŸš€ The updated version of BashCore is now available on SourceForge! πŸŽ‰

All tools have been updated & upgraded, known bugs have been fixed, and we've added GPM (General Purpose Mouse) support for better usability.

Download it here: sourceforge.net/projects/bashc

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