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Chimera Linux is almost ready for prime time |
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September 05th, 2022 |
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Apologies for not writing in a while, in addition to having a bad case |
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of writer's block, I simply have not had time due to a busy work |
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schedule... But I digress. |
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For several years now, I have been using Alpine Linux, mainly because |
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it doesn't use the abomination known as systemd as its init system, and |
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it generally does things simpler than other Linux distributions. It has |
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a lot less GNU-nonsense than other distributions, but it still has a |
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small number of GNU utilities, such as gcc... |
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Recently a new distribution called Chimera Linux has come on the scene. |
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Just a few days ago they enabled their repositories, making it easy |
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to apply updates and new packages. |
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I really like this distribution because everything is compiled with |
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llvm/clang, and most of the userland is ported from FreeBSD, |
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consequently Chimera has the least amount of GNUisms than any Linux |
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distribution I've ever seen. |
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I have installed Chimera on a test server here on Linode (aptly named |
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chimera.zcrayfish.soy) and compiled an inetd, crond, and lighttpd for |
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fun. It wasn't too hard... |
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Here's a few things that is stopping Chimera Linux from being a daily |
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driver on servers: |
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i* bootloader installation is not managed at all by the install script |
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(and the documentation only covers installion on UEFI systems) |
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* the install directions on the Chimera website should be binding more |
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of the pseudo-filesystems, that way things such as reboot & poweroff |
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actually work at the end of the install process. |
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* It's not clear on how to setup static IP addressing; although for |
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IPv4, that could be handled at your DHCP server at least. I didn't |
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have any luck getting IPv6 to reliably work. |
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* the install script does not install the following absolutely |
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essential packages (required to connect to the repos and diagnose |
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basic networking): |
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* c-ares-1.18.1-r0.apk |
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* ca-certificates-20211016-r0.apk |
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* curl-7.84.0-r0.apk |
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* icu-71.1-r0.apk |
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* icu-libs-71.1-r0.apk |
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* jansson-2.14-r0.apk |
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* libcurl-7.84.0-r0.apk |
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* libev-4.33-r0.apk |
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* libssh2-1.10.0-r0.apk |
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* libxml2-2.9.12-r0.apk |
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* nghttp2-1.49.0-r0.apk |
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* openssl-3.0.5-r0.apk |
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Anyway, out of time for a more comprehensive writeup. |
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Relevant URLs: |
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https://chimera-linux.org/ Chimera Linux website |
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http://chimera.zcrayfish.soy/ my test server (web frontend) |
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gopher://chimera.zcrayfish.soy/ my test server |
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