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@AwlsomeAlex AwlsomeAlex released this 08 Dec 07:37
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After a lot of research to migrate from Glibc to musl (which requires its own Cross Compiler) and rewriting code from the messy StarLinux codebase, I am glad to announce the release of StelaLinux Technical Preview 1. Technical Previews are unscheduled releases of StelaLinux which can be used to show off the progress made. They will be released in the form of bootable ISOs whenever something large happens (the next one being when StelaLinux is installable, maybe). Development should be a lot faster as I have revived my old HP ProLiant, and the Linux Kernel (my biggest source package so far) takes about 6 minutes to build, compared to my laptop which took 12 or Digital Ocean which took 20.

New Feature

This Technical Preview shows off StelaLinux as a bootable (but barely usable and unsafe) Linux Distribution, which is a great step in the right direction. There is only x86_64 support (for now), but I plan on supporting the i486 architecture as StelaLinux can have a good use case for giving old machines a new life. An i486/i686 experimental build of StelaLinux Technical Preview 1 is also available.

Specifications

Linux Kernel: 5.4.2 (LTS)
BusyBox: 1.31.1 (Stable)
musl C Library: 1.1.24
Xiongnu Init: vGIT (12/8/19)

Side Note:

Nvidia's huge 2020 Linux announcement is going to involve Open Sourcing their Nvidia drivers (like AMD does). I'm calling it, and if that is the case StelaLinux's next goal will be supporting Steam (probably not soon).

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