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diff --git a/src/rss.xml b/src/rss.xml deleted file mode 100644 index e1f5cf2..0000000 --- a/src/rss.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,497 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> -<rss version="2.0" - xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" - xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" - xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" -> - <channel> - <title>Carbs Linux</title> - <description>a simple linux distribution</description> - <link>https://carbslinux.org</link> - <atom:link href="https://carbslinux.org/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> - <lastBuildDate>Thu Jan 07 2021 11:00</lastBuildDate> -<item> -<title>First Year of Carbs Linux</title> -<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2020</pubDate> -<dc:creator>Cem Keylan</dc:creator> -<link>https://carbslinux.org/blog/20201210.html</link> -<description><h1>First Year of Carbs Linux</h1> - -<p>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:</p> - -<ul> -<li>[2020 Jan 13] Replaced default init system to <code>sinit</code></li> -<li>[2020 Jan 15] Packaged <code>WebKit2GTK</code></li> -<li>[2020 May 17] Added <code>bearssl</code> on the testing repository</li> -<li>[2020 May 28] Added <code>rsync</code> repository support to kiss</li> -<li>[2020 Jun 03] Replaced <code>bison</code> with <code>byacc</code></li> -<li>[2020 Jun 11] Replaced <code>libressl</code> with <code>bearssl</code></li> -<li>[2020 Jun 24] Replaced <code>kiss</code> with <code>cpt</code></li> -</ul> - - -<p>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.</p></description> -</item> -<item> -<title>August 2020 News Post</title> -<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2020</pubDate> -<dc:creator>Cem Keylan</dc:creator> -<link>https://carbslinux.org/blog/20200803.html</link> -<description><h1>August 2020 News Post</h1> - -<p>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&rsquo;s post.</p> - -<h2>INDEX</h2> - -<ul> -<li><a href="#carbs-packaging-tools">Carbs Packaging Tools</a></li> -<li><a href="#docs">Docs</a></li> -<li><a href="#re-opening-the-carbs-linux-server">Re-opening the Carbs Linux server</a></li> -</ul> - - -<h2>Carbs Packaging Tools</h2> - -<p>This month I have reworked <code>kiss</code> into a new package manager, now renamed as -<code>cpt</code>. Updating <code>kiss</code> will now bootstrap the new package manager, so you don&rsquo;t -have to manually edit your system. If you don&rsquo;t like the idea of this, you can -look up the <code>post-install</code> script on <code>core/kiss</code> and apply the changes manually.</p> - -<p>You will also need to rename your KISS<em>* variables to CPT</em>*. So, KISS_PATH -becomes CPT_PATH.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>If you want to use the library on your script you can simply do this:</p> - -<pre><code>+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| | -| #!/bin/sh | -| . cpt-lib | -| (...) | -| | -+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -</code></pre> - -<p>There are obviously some clean-up and simplifications needed in this new -tool-based package management method.</p> - -<h2>Docs</h2> - -<p>I have added documentation for the distribution, and finally updated the guide -for installation. It is now <em>almost</em> complete. These docs can be installed to -your system for online viewing. I will also add a documentation crawler similar -to how werc<a href="http://werc.cat-v.org">^1</a> works (but as an offline viewer). You can find <code>carbs-docs</code> 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</p> - -<h2>Re-opening the Carbs Linux server</h2> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>EDIT: The git-server is up!</p></description> -</item> -<item> -<title>June Newspost</title> -<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2020</pubDate> -<dc:creator>Cem Keylan</dc:creator> -<link>https://carbslinux.org/blog/20200617.html</link> -<description><h1>June Newspost</h1> - -<p>This will be an active month for Carbs as major changes to the base and the -package manager will be coming up.</p> - -<h2>Statically linking the base</h2> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>I believe that binaries on the core should always be linked statically. This -ensures that an SONAME bump to <code>libObscure.so</code> 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.</p> - -<p>However, I don&rsquo;t think that removing shared libraries is sensible either. Not -every piece of software out there is good quality enough to be statically -linked.</p> - -<h2>Major changes on the core repository</h2> - -<p>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.</p> - -<h3>Removed from Core</h3> - -<ul> -<li><code>git</code></li> -<li><code>libressl</code></li> -<li><code>grub</code></li> -<li><code>bison</code></li> -<li><code>dhcpcd</code></li> -<li><code>ubase</code></li> -</ul> - - -<h3>Added to Core</h3> - -<ul> -<li><code>bearssl</code>, as a <code>libressl</code> replacement</li> -<li><code>byacc</code>, as a <code>bison</code> replacement</li> -</ul> - - -<h3>Statically linked</h3> - -<ul> -<li><code>kiss</code></li> -<li><code>neatvi</code></li> -<li><code>mandoc</code></li> -<li><code>byacc</code></li> -<li><code>m4</code></li> -<li><code>e2fsprogs</code></li> -<li><code>make</code></li> -<li><code>pkgconf</code></li> -<li><code>sbase</code></li> -<li><code>libnl</code></li> -<li><code>wpa_supplicant</code></li> -<li><code>bearssl</code></li> -</ul> - - -<h2>Making the wiki available offline</h2> - -<p>Soon, all documentation regarding Carbs Linux will be avaialable to be installed -from the core repository in a <code>carbs-docs</code> 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.</p> - -<h2>ISO image for Carbs</h2> - -<p>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 <code>arch-install-scripts</code>. Let&rsquo;s see how that&rsquo;s going to play out.</p></description> -</item> -<item> -<title>kiss 2.0.0 and overall changes</title> -<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020</pubDate> -<dc:creator>Cem Keylan</dc:creator> -<link>https://carbslinux.org/blog/20200528.html</link> -<description><h1>kiss 2.0.0 and overall changes</h1> - -<p>Carbs Linux kiss version 2.0.0 has been released which introduces -rsync repositories.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>Git is now on the <code>extra</code> repository and is still (optionally) -used in the package manager.</p> - -<p>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 &lsquo;git reset &ndash;soft HEAD^&rsquo;, which doesn&rsquo;t actually remove the -commits, etc. A user will have a repository much smaller than mine.</p> - -<p>This is a precaution with the added bonuses of speed and dropping a -mandatory dependency.</p> - -<p>You can see the rest of the changelog <a href="https://github.com/CarbsLinux/kiss/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md">here</a>.</p> - -<h2>Binary Repositories</h2> - -<p>A few days ago, I have also published <a href="https://github.com/CarbsLinux/kiss-bin">kiss-bin</a>, a first version -for managing binary repositories. Currently, there are some caveats -that I&rsquo;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.</p> - -<p>That&rsquo;s about it.</p> - -<p>Cheers, -Cem</p></description> -</item> -<item> -<title>The Relation of Carbs and KISS</title> -<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020</pubDate> -<dc:creator>Cem Keylan</dc:creator> -<link>https://carbslinux.org/blog/20200508.html</link> -<description><h1>The Relation of Carbs and KISS</h1> - -<p><strong>Date:</strong> May 08 2020</p> - -<p>Since I have forked KISS, I have received many questions -that can be summarized as &ldquo;Why?&rdquo;. I have realized that I -never truly answered this question. That&rsquo;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 -&ldquo;FAQ&rdquo; page later on.</p> - -<h2>History</h2> - -<p>I had the idea of creating my own Linux distribution since -the May of 2019. Back then, I had my own <a href="https://linuxfromscratch.org">Linux from Scratch</a> -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&rsquo;t satisfied with anything I had built.</p> - -<p>I had written some incomplete package managers (all named <code>fat</code>) -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 &ldquo;initial commit&rdquo; until a program I write -is in a usable state.</p> - -<p>I have obtained the &lsquo;carbslinux.org&rsquo; domain name in September -2019, but then life got on the way, and I stopped for a long -time.</p> - -<p>One day on Reddit, I saw Dylan&rsquo;s post on <a href="https://reddit.com/r/unixporn">r/unixporn</a> about -KISS, and I really thought that it was interesting. Here is -my <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/ducd34/sowm_kiss_d/f7lua7x">comment</a> 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.</p> - -<h2>Differences between KISS and Carbs</h2> - -<p>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&rsquo;t something like a -downstream fork of KISS, it is just a distribution that was -initially based on KISS.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<h2>What I&rsquo;m working on now</h2> - -<p>Currently I have a few projects that I&rsquo;m working on for Carbs. -These are,</p> - -<p>A BSD port for Carbs. For a while, I have been working on BSD -compatibility on my fork of the <a href="https://github.com/carbslinux/kiss">package manager</a>. 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&rsquo;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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<h2>What&rsquo;s up with all the init/service daemons?</h2> - -<p>If you have ever checked the <a href="https://github.com/carbslinux/repository">repository</a>, 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 <a href="https://github.com/cemkeylan/shinit">init daemon</a> -and <a href="https://github.com/cemkeylan/sysmgr">service supervisor</a>. I maintain all those packages on KISS -Community Repository as well with the exception of busybox. Those -are, <code>busybox init/runit</code>, <code>runit</code>, <code>sinit</code>, and <code>sysmgr</code>. I would -definitely recommend checking out <code>shinit</code> and <code>sysmgr</code>.</p> - -<h2>Why I don&rsquo;t publicize Carbs</h2> - -<p>There are a couple of reasons I don&rsquo;t publicize Carbs a lot.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>Since I cannot answer questions like &ldquo;What is the difference?&rdquo;, I -prefer staying as the silent sibling project of KISS Linux. Plus, -there is no point in dividing the newly-emerging community in half.</p> - -<p>That&rsquo;s not because I don&rsquo;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.</p> - -<p>I think that&rsquo;s about it, if you have questions you can send me a -mail, ping me on IRC (my handle is <code>merakor</code>), and I will be happy -to answer. Maybe your question fits this post, and I can update it -to thoroughly give an explanation.</p> - -<p>Cheers, -Cem</p></description> -</item> -<item> -<title>Outsource Repository Concept</title> -<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020</pubDate> -<dc:creator>Cem Keylan</dc:creator> -<link>https://carbslinux.org/blog/20200410.html</link> -<description><h1>Outsource Repository Concept</h1> - -<p>In April 3rd, I have added submodule support for Carbs -Linux&rsquo;s fork of <code>kiss</code>. Now, from that sentence, it really -doesn&rsquo;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).</p> - -<p>When managing a repository of submodules, the repository -maintainer&rsquo;s only job is to deal with adding packages. -A package maintainer doesn&rsquo;t have to wait for the repository -maintainer to update their packages, as they are only making -the changes to their own repositories.</p> - -<p>This way, an end-user can also track from their preferred -maintainers, and do that with the tidyness of a single repository -in their <code>KISS_PATH</code>.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p><a href="https://github.com/CarbsLinux/outsource">https://github.com/CarbsLinux/outsource</a></p></description> -</item> -<item> -<title>Roadmap for Carbs</title> -<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2020</pubDate> -<dc:creator>Cem Keylan</dc:creator> -<link>https://carbslinux.org/blog/20200406.html</link> -<description><h1>Roadmap for Carbs</h1> - -<p>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.</p> - -<h2>Carbs Linux Server Going Down</h2> - -<p>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 <a href="https://github.com/CarbsLinux">Github</a>. The repository and the -website is served on Github now. I have also moved the <a href="https://github.com/CarbsLinux/wiki/wiki">Wiki</a> -to Github and anyone can edit it there. There are some outdated -posts that I will be fixing around this week.</p> - -<p>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?)</p> - -<p>I feel a little sad for switching, but serving on Github is faster, -cheaper, and hassle-free.</p> - -<h2>Forking KISS</h2> - -<p>I had a personal fork of KISS, which I enjoyed thoroughly. I didn&rsquo;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 <a href="https://github.com/CarbsLinux/kiss">this repository</a>. -See it for the added changes.</p> - -<p>This will be a change for the better, as I can develop the package -manager as it fits my views.</p> - -<h2>Small Changes on the Website</h2> - -<p>I have made some small changes on the website. The build is not dependent -on Plan9 utilities anymore. It was fun messing around with <code>rc</code> and <code>mk</code>, -but they are quite limited compared to POSIX shell.</p> - -<p>RSS feeds are finally working as intended, both for the <a href="https://carbslinux.org/news.xml">news</a> section, and -the <a href="https://carbslinux.org/rss.xml">blog</a> secion.</p> - -<p>You can see every page&rsquo;s <code>.txt</code> output at the end of the page by clicking -&lsquo;View Page Source&rsquo;. Meanwhile, I will be updating some pages to be a little -more &lsquo;human-readable&rsquo;.</p> - -<h2>Outsources Repository</h2> - -<p>I have opened an <code>outsource</code> 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 <a href="https://github.com/CarbsLinux/outsource">here</a>!</p> - -<h2>New Tarball</h2> - -<p>Finally, I have released a new tarball today, which can be obtained from the -<a href="https://dl.carbslinux.org/releases">downloads page</a>.</p> - -<p>I am planning to add more of these update posts as I&rsquo;m feeling better about -the website structure overall.</p> - -<p>- Cem</p></description> -</item> -<item> -<title>Switching to New Website</title> -<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2020</pubDate> -<dc:creator>Cem Keylan</dc:creator> -<link>https://carbslinux.org/blog/20200128.html</link> -<description><h1>Switching to New Website</h1> - -<p><strong>Date:</strong> Jan 28 2020</p> - -<p>In case you haven&rsquo;t seen it before, this website -was powered by <a href="http://werc.cat-v.org">werc</a>. And -even though I liked it really much, it was too -powerful for a small website like this.</p> - -<p>So I have decided to reimplement this website with -my own static generation scripts. The source will -probably be on <a href="https://carbslinux.org/git/website/log.html">https://carbslinux.org/git/website/log.html</a> -when I decide to publish the website.</p> - -<p>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.</p></description> -</item> - </channel> -</rss> |