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diff --git a/src/blog/20200128.md b/src/blog/20200128.md deleted file mode 100644 index 5c56b45..0000000 --- a/src/blog/20200128.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -Switching to New Website -======================== - -**Date:** Jan 28 2020 - -In case you haven't seen it before, this website -was powered by [werc](http://werc.cat-v.org). And -even though I liked it really much, it was too -powerful for a small website like this. - -So I have decided to reimplement this website with -my own static generation scripts. The source will -probably be on <https://carbslinux.org/git/website/log.html> -when I decide to publish the website. - -The generation requires Plan9 programs, although -I have used them just for my enthusiasm. I have built -the site with a combination of mk (instead of make), rc, -and POSIX sh. I am not yet exactly familiar with rc, -but I will replace the shell scripts when I feel like -I can. diff --git a/src/blog/20200406.md b/src/blog/20200406.md deleted file mode 100644 index c695b69..0000000 --- a/src/blog/20200406.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,84 +0,0 @@ -Roadmap for Carbs -================= - -It has been a busy week. There are lots of changes in -direction, and more to come. I want to talk a little -about all of them. - - -Carbs Linux Server Going Down ------------------------------ - -It became harder to maintain and pay for the server, and I will be -shutting it down in May. I am currently in the phase of -carrying over everything to [Github]. The repository and the -website is served on Github now. I have also moved the [Wiki] -to Github and anyone can edit it there. There are some outdated -posts that I will be fixing around this week. - -I am not quite sure where to store the downloads page now. But I -will be switching that to a new source as well. (Maybe Source Forge?) - -I feel a little sad for switching, but serving on Github is faster, -cheaper, and hassle-free. - -[Github]: https://github.com/CarbsLinux -[Wiki]: https://github.com/CarbsLinux/wiki/wiki - - -Forking KISS ------------- - -I had a personal fork of KISS, which I enjoyed thoroughly. I didn't -intend to make it the default when I started it, but it has matured -enough to be so. The package manager can now be found on [this repository]. -See it for the added changes. - -This will be a change for the better, as I can develop the package -manager as it fits my views. - -[this repository]: https://github.com/CarbsLinux/kiss - - -Small Changes on the Website ----------------------------- - -I have made some small changes on the website. The build is not dependent -on Plan9 utilities anymore. It was fun messing around with `rc` and `mk`, -but they are quite limited compared to POSIX shell. - -RSS feeds are finally working as intended, both for the [news] section, and -the [blog] secion. - -You can see every page's `.txt` output at the end of the page by clicking -'View Page Source'. Meanwhile, I will be updating some pages to be a little -more 'human-readable'. - -[news]: https://carbslinux.org/news.xml -[blog]: https://carbslinux.org/rss.xml - - -Outsources Repository ---------------------- - -I have opened an `outsource` repository, which I will be pushing this week. -I will add a new post when I am ready to push it. I think it will be interesting, -it will also make more sense about the changes I have added to the package -manager. The now empty repository, can be found [here]! - -[here]: https://github.com/CarbsLinux/outsource - - -New Tarball ------------ - -Finally, I have released a new tarball today, which can be obtained from the -[downloads page]. - -[downloads page]: https://dl.carbslinux.org/releases - - -I am planning to add more of these update posts as I'm feeling better about -the website structure overall. - -\- Cem diff --git a/src/blog/20200410.md b/src/blog/20200410.md deleted file mode 100644 index f6edffe..0000000 --- a/src/blog/20200410.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -Outsource Repository Concept -============================ - -In April 3rd, I have added submodule support for Carbs -Linux's fork of `kiss`. Now, from that sentence, it really -doesn't sound exciting at all. But in reality, it opens a -path to lots of creative output, and a better way to manage -multi-user repositories (such as KISS Community). - -When managing a repository of submodules, the repository -maintainer's only job is to deal with adding packages. -A package maintainer doesn't have to wait for the repository -maintainer to update their packages, as they are only making -the changes to their own repositories. - -This way, an end-user can also track from their preferred -maintainers, and do that with the tidyness of a single repository -in their `KISS_PATH`. - -Carbs Linux now has an outsource repository for some packages. -Firefox and its dependencies have been purged from the main repository, -but can be found on it. - -<https://github.com/CarbsLinux/outsource> diff --git a/src/blog/20200508.md b/src/blog/20200508.md deleted file mode 100644 index f1b2cdd..0000000 --- a/src/blog/20200508.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,141 +0,0 @@ -The Relation of Carbs and KISS -============================== - -**Date:** May 08 2020 - -Since I have forked KISS, I have received many questions -that can be summarized as "Why?". I have realized that I -never truly answered this question. That's the reason I am -writing this post, to give some background on Carbs, and -some differences between KISS Linux and Carbs Linux for -anyone who may be wondering. Perhaps I could make this a -"FAQ" page later on. - -History -------- - -I had the idea of creating my own Linux distribution since -the May of 2019. Back then, I had my own [Linux from Scratch] -build, and I wanted to slim it down my own way and replace -the software (with musl,sbase,etc.). The name Carbs Linux -was in my mind since then. I wanted to write my own package -manager, but I wasn't satisfied with anything I had built. - -I had written some incomplete package managers (all named `fat`) -and I quickly threw them into the trash can, where they -honestly belonged. I would want to share them with you for -laughs, but my hard-drive got wiped and I have a problem -of not doing an "initial commit" until a program I write -is in a usable state. - -I have obtained the 'carbslinux.org' domain name in September -2019, but then life got on the way, and I stopped for a long -time. - -One day on Reddit, I saw Dylan's post on [r/unixporn] about -KISS, and I really thought that it was interesting. Here is -my [comment] to Dylan on that post. I checked out the package -manager and the repository. The packaging system was extremely -clean and well-thought. I decided to give it a go and fork -KISS. - -[Linux from Scratch]: https://linuxfromscratch.org -[r/unixporn]: https://reddit.com/r/unixporn -[comment]: https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/ducd34/sowm_kiss_d/f7lua7x - - -Differences between KISS and Carbs ----------------------------------- - -Now, I still baffle when people ask me this question. My -intention was never to create a distribution with specific -differences between KISS. My intention was being my own -BDFL of a distribution I maintain. There are lots of -differences between the main repositories, but they are subtle -and not worth talking about. I personally never even installed -KISS Linux on my system. So Carbs, isn't something like a -downstream fork of KISS, it is just a distribution that was -initially based on KISS. - -I try to contribute as much as I can to KISS Linux. I think -that it is a brilliant distribution, and it was a great starting -point for Carbs. I am really grateful to Dylan and all the -other contributors. - - -What I'm working on now ------------------------ - -Currently I have a few projects that I'm working on for Carbs. -These are, - -A BSD port for Carbs. For a while, I have been working on BSD -compatibility on my fork of the [package manager]. I have tested, -without any more issues, on OpenBSD and FreeBSD. The biggest -issues remaining are choosing a vendor for BSD, packaging the -BSD source, and providing a minimal base (like busybox for BSD). -If you aren't familiar with BSD, it has a single source code -for all of the utilities (kernel, command line programs, etc.). -Contributions (even chipping in ideas) are very welcome. - -Adding binary package distribution support natively to the package -manager. Biggest issue in small/old computers are compile times. -This feature is for the bigger packages such as webkit, clang, -llvm that take a considerable amount of time. Some computers -with low memories cannot even compile firefox/webkit. - -Adding rsync repository support to the package manager. This -is not a current issue, but rather a futureproofing. As time -passes, distribution repositories grow larger. KISS and Carbs -are young distributions without this problem right now. But -in something like 5 years, this size will presumably increase -to hundreds of megabytes. At that point it will be pointless -to have the repository sources unless you specifically need them. - - -[package manager]: https://github.com/carbslinux/kiss - - -What's up with all the init/service daemons? --------------------------------------------- - -If you have ever checked the [repository], you may have noticed -that there are lots of init/service related packages. I have had -my fair share of time with all of them, and it is an area that I -am really interested in. I have even written my own [init daemon] -and [service supervisor]. I maintain all those packages on KISS -Community Repository as well with the exception of busybox. Those -are, `busybox init/runit`, `runit`, `sinit`, and `sysmgr`. I would -definitely recommend checking out `shinit` and `sysmgr`. - -[repository]: https://github.com/carbslinux/repository -[init daemon]: https://github.com/cemkeylan/shinit -[service supervisor]: https://github.com/cemkeylan/sysmgr - - -Why I don't publicize Carbs ---------------------------- - -There are a couple of reasons I don't publicize Carbs a lot. - -KISS is the better alternative in terms of support and community. -I work on maintaining this distribution just as hard as Dylan, -but in the end, Carbs is based on his original hard work, and I -believe that he deserves the recognition more than I do. - -Since I cannot answer questions like "What is the difference?", I -prefer staying as the silent sibling project of KISS Linux. Plus, -there is no point in dividing the newly-emerging community in half. - -That's not because I don't have ideas for the future of Carbs, I -do. I just think that I will deserve the recognition once those -above lists are checked. - - -I think that's about it, if you have questions you can send me a -mail, ping me on IRC (my handle is `merakor`), and I will be happy -to answer. Maybe your question fits this post, and I can update it -to thoroughly give an explanation. - -Cheers, -Cem diff --git a/src/blog/20200528.md b/src/blog/20200528.md deleted file mode 100644 index 9ceaec5..0000000 --- a/src/blog/20200528.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -kiss 2.0.0 and overall changes -==================================================================== - -Carbs Linux kiss version 2.0.0 has been released which introduces -rsync repositories. - -Git is no longer a mandatory dependency for the package manager, -every git source on the core repository has been replaced with -https sources (sbase, sinit), and rootfs tarballs will no longer -ship with git. Repositories in the upcoming tarball will be rsync -repositories. - -Git is now on the `extra` repository and is still (optionally) -used in the package manager. - -The idea behind this change is size reductions and increased -speed with rsync. As I said on the previous post, git repositories -get larger and larger over the time span. Currently my personal -copy of the git repository is around 77MB and I have forked KISS -Linux (as a shallow copy) around December. Obviously, I have commits -that I ommitted. I tend to create commits I dislike, which I change -with 'git reset --soft HEAD^', which doesn't actually remove the -commits, etc. A user will have a repository much smaller than mine. - -This is a precaution with the added bonuses of speed and dropping a -mandatory dependency. - -You can see the rest of the changelog [here]. - -[here]: https://github.com/CarbsLinux/kiss/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md - - -Binary Repositories -------------------- - -A few days ago, I have also published [kiss-bin], a first version -for managing binary repositories. Currently, there are some caveats -that I'll be fixing along the way. I decided not to include this -in the package manager natively as managing the source based and -binary based packages together adds levels of complexity that we -do not want. Instead, this is an extension for kiss which sources -the package manager as a library. I hope to see it being adopted -by others interested on the matter as well. - - -[kiss-bin]: https://github.com/CarbsLinux/kiss-bin - -That's about it. - -Cheers, -Cem diff --git a/src/blog/20200617.md b/src/blog/20200617.md deleted file mode 100644 index 9938896..0000000 --- a/src/blog/20200617.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,74 +0,0 @@ -June Newspost -================================================================================ - -This will be an active month for Carbs as major changes to the base and the -package manager will be coming up. - - -Statically linking the base --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -For the past couple of weeks I have been trying to simplify the base and -statically link the core (mostly binaries rather than libraries). I usually see -some people extremely opposed to static linking as I also see the opposite on -people. - -I believe that binaries on the core should always be linked statically. This -ensures that an SONAME bump to `libObscure.so` will not break the core -functionality of your system, forcing you to use external resources to recover -from such an issue. As long as you can compile, use core utilities, edit text, -and access the web, you can solve any given issue on your system. - -However, I don't think that removing shared libraries is sensible either. Not -every piece of software out there is good quality enough to be statically -linked. - - -Major changes on the core repository --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -There have been drastic changes to the core repository and the base rootfs this -month (with more on the way). Right now changes are as follows. - -### Removed from Core -- `git` -- `libressl` -- `grub` -- `bison` -- `dhcpcd` -- `ubase` - -### Added to Core -- `bearssl`, as a `libressl` replacement -- `byacc`, as a `bison` replacement - -### Statically linked -- `kiss` -- `neatvi` -- `mandoc` -- `byacc` -- `m4` -- `e2fsprogs` -- `make` -- `pkgconf` -- `sbase` -- `libnl` -- `wpa_supplicant` -- `bearssl` - - -Making the wiki available offline --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -Soon, all documentation regarding Carbs Linux will be avaialable to be installed -from the core repository in a `carbs-docs` package along with its own document -crawler. Currently, the documentation regarding the installation process is a -little outdated which will also receive some important updates. - - -ISO image for Carbs --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -I am thinking of releasing an ISO image in order to provide a standardized -environment for installation along with installation helper tools in the spirit -of `arch-install-scripts`. Let's see how that's going to play out. diff --git a/src/blog/20200803.md b/src/blog/20200803.md deleted file mode 100644 index eaee932..0000000 --- a/src/blog/20200803.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,77 +0,0 @@ -August 2020 News Post -================================================================================ - -We are having some stalls during this summer, as I am currently working on -university-related stuff. Nonetheless, there are some important changes that I -want to share in this month's post. - -INDEX --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -- [Carbs Packaging Tools](#carbs-packaging-tools) -- [Docs](#docs) -- [Re-opening the Carbs Linux server](#re-opening-the-carbs-linux-server) - - -Carbs Packaging Tools --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -This month I have reworked `kiss` into a new package manager, now renamed as -`cpt`. Updating `kiss` will now bootstrap the new package manager, so you don't -have to manually edit your system. If you don't like the idea of this, you can -look up the `post-install` script on `core/kiss` and apply the changes manually. - -You will also need to rename your KISS_* variables to CPT_*. So, KISS_PATH -becomes CPT_PATH. - -The rework changes the previous commands on the package manager into standalone -tools, and move the package manager functions to a library. This makes it easier -for a user to import functions and variables from the package manager, and -extend the package manager with their own intended way. Previously this required -ugly hacks and workarounds to use the package manager functions. I will be -making use of these changes to re-implement binary package management functions -as well. - -If you want to use the library on your script you can simply do this: - - +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ - | | - | #!/bin/sh | - | . cpt-lib | - | (...) | - | | - +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ - -There are obviously some clean-up and simplifications needed in this new -tool-based package management method. - - -Docs --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -I have added documentation for the distribution, and finally updated the guide -for installation. It is now _almost_ complete. These docs can be installed to -your system for online viewing. I will also add a documentation crawler similar -to how werc[^1] works (but as an offline viewer). You can find `carbs-docs` from -the repository. Currently, the documentation lacks but I will be adding new -stuff. These will solely be distribution specific documentation and will not be -a wiki-like source. If anyone would like to contribute to a wiki-like -documentation source, I would happily re-open the distribution wiki. You can -find the source on https://github.com/CarbsLinux/docs - - -Re-opening the Carbs Linux server --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -Back in May, I had shutdown the Carbs Linux server due to financial issues, but -I am slowly reverting to the self-hosted model. Back then, the git repositories -were mirrored to GitHub, and the management was overall much more flexible. The -server used to run Carbs Linux as well (that was fun and horrifying at the same -time). Now, I will be relaunching the git server which will be the upstream -source before August 5. You can switch your remote, but GitHub will stay as a -remote nonetheless. - -EDIT: The git-server is up! - - -[^1]: http://werc.cat-v.org diff --git a/src/blog/20201210.md b/src/blog/20201210.md deleted file mode 100644 index d4ef484..0000000 --- a/src/blog/20201210.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -First Year of Carbs Linux -================================================================================ - -December 10, 2020 marks the first year after the initial release of Carbs -Linux. When I forked the KISS Linux repository on the 9th of December, I was -fairly new to package management. Carbs Linux used to be almost identical to -KISS Linux. A lot has changed since then: - -- [2020 Jan 13] Replaced default init system to `sinit` -- [2020 Jan 15] Packaged `WebKit2GTK` -- [2020 May 17] Added `bearssl` on the testing repository -- [2020 May 28] Added `rsync` repository support to kiss -- [2020 Jun 03] Replaced `bison` with `byacc` -- [2020 Jun 11] Replaced `libressl` with `bearssl` -- [2020 Jun 24] Replaced `kiss` with `cpt` - -I have really enjoyed maintaining and developing this distribution, and I want -to thank everyone who was involved in some way or another. While I have slowed -down in development due to college workload, I am still actively maintaining all -the packages on the repository. I do have some ideas that I am thinking of -implementing during the semester break. Hope to see you all in January. diff --git a/src/blog/index.md b/src/blog/index.md deleted file mode 100644 index 347ef61..0000000 --- a/src/blog/index.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ -Blog Index -================================================================================ - -This is the Carbs Linux Blog Index. You can find every post here. [RSS Feed] - -[RSS Feed]: /rss.xml - - -* Dec 10 2020 - [First Year of Carbs Linux](20201210.html) -* Aug 03 2020 - [August 2020 News Post](20200803.html) -* Jun 17 2020 - [June Newspost](20200617.html) -* May 28 2020 - [kiss 2.0.0 and overall changes](20200528.html) -* May 08 2020 - [The Relation of Carbs and KISS](20200508.html) -* Apr 10 2020 - [Outsource Repository Concept](20200410.html) -* Apr 06 2020 - [Roadmap for Carbs](20200406.html) -* Jan 28 2020 - [Switching to New Website](20200128.html) |