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OVERVIEW
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* STATIC PACKAGING SYSTEM
The package format is entirely static. A series of plain-text files with
fields separated by lines and spaces. Easily parseable via any programming
language or with basic UNIX utilities.
More information: @/package-system $/
* PORTABLE PACKAGE MANAGER
The package manager is written in less than 1000 lines of POSIX shell with
a large emphasis on portability. The only requirements are a POSIX compliant
environment, curl and git.
More information: @/package-manager $/
* BUS FACTOR OF ZERO
The distribution is designed to be maintainable by a single person. There is
no infrastructure and the entire distribution is merely a few Git
repositories. The distribution's upstream is entirely optional.
More information: @/faq#4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor
* LESS SOFTWARE
Less software is better than more software. As the amount of running software
increases, as does the risk of bugs, security issues and things going awry.
A system with less moving parts is also far easier to wholly understand.
More information: @/software
* USER CHOICE
There is no lock-in to specific software. The user has the ability to mix and
match any shell, core utilities, init system, device manager and more. The
alternatives system enables this down to file level.
More information: @/package-manager#3.2 @/wiki/community/repositories
FURTHER READING
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- @/testimonials
- @/install
- @/faq
- @/guidestones
- @/wiki
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Dylan Araps (C) 2019-2020
Linux(R) is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and
other countries.