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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mrmasterkeyboard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mrmasterkeyboard</span></a></span> And so far <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> has done a great job because I could release the <a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob/main/OS1337-core-prerelease.img" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">first bootable image</a> within hours just by glancing at his documentation and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@w84death" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w84death</span></a></span> 's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Floppinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Floppinux</span></a> <a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob/main/docu/external/floppinux/floppinux-manual.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">manual</a>...</p><ul><li>Being <em>brutally simple</em> is good, because it makes it way easier to build, iterate and test.</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mrmasterkeyboard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mrmasterkeyboard</span></a></span> think of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> this way: I saw that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@w84death" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w84death</span></a></span> build <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Floppinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Floppinux</span></a> and I asked myself: <em>"can this be redone, but with like beyond just having a console blink?"</em> and it didn't took me long to get <a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/raw/refs/heads/main/OS1337-core-prerelease.img" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">a booting image</a> going.</p><ul><li>Now I'm basically thinking how I can shove it and some essential tools into the envelope of a 1.440kB FDD image...</li></ul>
OS/1337<p>Tangents aside, people are free to create forks and even branches that include <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemD</span></a> or use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a>: </p><p>That is the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> and in fact for anything outside the 1440kB target we'd accept <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemD</span></a> since it works and solves a lot of issues... <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGogo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGog</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p><p>Granted OS/1337 isn't a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/demo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demo</span></a> first but rather tries to take the concept of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tomsrtbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tomsrtbt</span></a> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@w84death" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w84death</span></a></span> 's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Floppinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Floppinux</span></a> and tries to make it something that is useable and can be extended to arbitrary complexity if one desires to...</p><p>It's about making a tiny <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro that is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reproduceable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reproduceable</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/auditable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auditable</span></a>...</p><p>It won't replace <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ubuntu.social/@ubuntu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ubuntu</span></a></span> or any other big distro, likely it won't even replace <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mkroot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mkroot</span></a> from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a> but it should be a clean and level foundation for small <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IoT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IoT</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmbeddedSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmbeddedSystems</span></a> projects and products...</p><p>Something that is easy to build and customize and port to other platforms...</p><p>And we're open for contributions:<br><a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob/main/docu/ideas/architectures.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob</span><span class="invisible">/main/docu/ideas/architectures.tsv</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://veganism.social/@beforewisdom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beforewisdom</span></a></span> <br>Not that I don't think <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Floppinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Floppinux</span></a> is bad - far from it.</p><p>But considering that <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TinyCore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TinyCore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> can do 17 MB apparently with default userland and 23 MB with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Xorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xorg</span></a> + <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desktop</span></a> I do want to get things to just work without being able to at least have <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IPv4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPv4</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ethernet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethernet</span></a> working and being able to mount <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SMB</span></a> shares or at least <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> into things using <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dropbear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dropbear</span></a>. <br><a href="http://tinycorelinux.net/downloads.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">tinycorelinux.net/downloads.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://veganism.social/@beforewisdom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beforewisdom</span></a></span> and I do struggle getting it down to &lt; 1440kB with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a> added to it without ending up with a system so cut down and barebones like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Floppinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Floppinux</span></a> that it's not useable for anything.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110954352328762520" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.social/@kkarhan/11095435</span><span class="invisible">2328762520</span></a></p>