From e7999a032bd888abf3665c501a754dbb922fe7c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cem Keylan Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 03:39:56 +0300 Subject: Switch to org-mode for generating the website --- docs/blog/20200508.txt | 141 ------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 141 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 docs/blog/20200508.txt (limited to 'docs/blog/20200508.txt') diff --git a/docs/blog/20200508.txt b/docs/blog/20200508.txt deleted file mode 100644 index f1b2cdd..0000000 --- a/docs/blog/20200508.txt +++ /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 -- cgit v1.2.3