@arrjay OFC I'd also recommend to take a look at pass which is a password manager for use on #CLI / #TUI interfaces...

• Also on my list ...

Granted the goal of @OS1337 is to make the simplest yet still useable #distro one can actually work on , based off me not being willing to do #LinuxFromScratch or @yoctoproject or even more #cursed stuff like #OpenADK and also wanting to answer the question:

@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...

@ivarch granted, #OS1337 is a minimalist #toxbox + #musl / #linux distro.

Basically taking the idea of #mkroot that @landley did and work it towards a foundation for #minimal & #embedded systems because I find #LinuxFromScratch too #bloated, #OpenADK too #cringe and #YoctoLinux also too #phat.

@SweetAIBelle @OS1337 shure.

I'm convinced that a fully-fledged image of that would be similar to #toybox's #mkroot, which is @landley 's reference implementation for a toxbox + #musl / #linux system.

• Last time I checked it came out just below 4 MB, but that was the premade image using only the stuff toybox included [and linux & being statically compiled against musl] like #gzip instead of #xz for compression, so there already is room to shave a few hundred kB without reducing functionality out of the get-go as I've seen with my build tests of #kernel666...

Either way, we're close to his reference matterial AFAICT and I do think that OS/1337 can become a good and solid foundation for #minimalist & #embedded systems.

For comparison:

• #YoctoLinux is quite #THICC in comparison (using LSB & #GNUtils for the most part!) and stuff like #OpenADK seems to be overly complex...

  • tho #Viprinet hasn't updated their stuff in like 8 years and I sincerely hope that's just them loginwalling access to #SourceCode like #grsecurity to paying customers only and not them such old Kernels.

Speaking of #grsec, I wounder if Bruce Perens actually sued them for allegedly violating #GPLv2 when in fact said license allows #paywalling aka. restricting access to buyers of the product it contains.

#OS1337

@ncommander nodds in agreement

Espechally since #Zones are a built-in containerization and isolation feature of #illumos nee #OpenSolaris and it would be a good match for hat exact scenario...

That being said, it reminds me why I did start my own:

Because #Viprinux's #OpenADK is an unworkable mess even cringier than the #GNUtils toolchain...
https://www.viprinet.com/en/support/downloads
https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337

And yes, after considering the mountain of evidence I decided to choose a #permissive instead of #copyleft license.

In fact, I did choose the same license that @landley chose for #toybox: #0BSD.

https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob/main/LICENSE.md

Since #copyleft would not guarantee improvements as can be seen not only from #BusyBox but also @grsecurity and #Viprinet #VPN - #Routers.

["#Viprinux" is a botched and horribly outdated #OpenADK mess based off what they released on their website]...

https://web.archive.org/web/20230331121150/https://www.viprinet.com/en/support/downloads