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PhyOS - A Linux distribution for developers (ARM) - phyrrus9 - 04-11-2018
So, after I worked on my ARM VM for a while I realized that this has pretty much just become an entire distribution. So, I set up a repository and made some changes to it so that it fits into that new description. The new distro comes with
- Custom Linux 4.16 kernel (with a lot of ARM-specific options enabled)
- ARMv7 base
- Variable CPU cores (up to 4)
- Variable memory
- Graphical interface option
- Rolling release (with apt)
- 32GB hard disk (up from 8)
Right now, it's pretty bare. There isn't a huge number of ARMv7 packages out there, so pretty much everything useful needs to be built from scratch. Everything from the old VM is kept, but I decided to go with a private repo so that you don't have to download a new VM image every time something new finishes compiling (the kernel took 51 hours to compile). If you write a program that you think should be included in either the OS or the repository, let me know, maybe we can make this a real distro! (btw, this will work on some android phones and newer rpi's as a main OS)
Btw, you can always check your info by running
Code:
phyosYou can download the tarball either from my Master Tutorial List or with a direct link here.
Have fun and happy developing!
RE: PhyOS - A Linux distribution for developers (ARM) - Synthx - 04-11-2018
This is super interesting! I'm glad to see you've made something like this. I'd love to make my own distro one day.
RE: PhyOS - A Linux distribution for developers (ARM) - phyrrus9 - 04-11-2018
(04-11-2018, 02:40 AM)Synthx Wrote: This is super interesting! I'm glad to see you've made something like this. I'd love to make my own distro one day.
I would suggest looking into linux from scratch then. This is really just a premade VM with a forced package masquerading as a distribution, but it's close enough to call it that.
RE: PhyOS - A Linux distribution for developers (ARM) - Blink - 04-11-2018
(04-11-2018, 02:40 AM)Synthx Wrote: This is super interesting! I'm glad to see you've made something like this. I'd love to make my own distro one day.
Here's a good place to start: https://github.com/ivandavidov/minimal
RE: PhyOS - A Linux distribution for developers (ARM) - Nytelife26 - 04-11-2018
Just going to point out, goo.gl link is dead.
The details look good though! Great job. I'll be sure to test the actual thing when you fix the link
RE: PhyOS - A Linux distribution for developers (ARM) - phyrrus9 - 04-11-2018
(04-11-2018, 09:40 AM)Nytelife26 Wrote: Just going to point out, goo.gl link is dead.
The details look good though! Great job. I'll be sure to test the actual thing when you fix the link
![[Image: 6s4aVf6.png]](https://i.imgur.com/6s4aVf6.png)
yep.....that would be why
I fixed it, thanks for letting me know
RE: PhyOS - A Linux distribution for developers (ARM) - Nytelife26 - 04-11-2018
(04-11-2018, 09:59 AM)phyrrus9 Wrote:No problem. Downloading it now!(04-11-2018, 09:40 AM)Nytelife26 Wrote: Just going to point out, goo.gl link is dead.
The details look good though! Great job. I'll be sure to test the actual thing when you fix the link
yep.....that would be why
I fixed it, thanks for letting me know
RE: PhyOS - A Linux distribution for developers (ARM) - Synthx - 04-11-2018
(04-11-2018, 08:39 AM)Ender Wrote:(04-11-2018, 02:40 AM)Synthx Wrote: This is super interesting! I'm glad to see you've made something like this. I'd love to make my own distro one day.
Here's a good place to start: https://github.com/ivandavidov/minimal
Thank you so much! Will take a look.
RE: PhyOS - A Linux distribution for developers (ARM) - mothered - 04-12-2018
Nice one.
Given It's 3.6GB, I'll hit the download when my bandwidth Is peaking later this evening.