-Header by Aurora93


Think Linux from Scratch, facepunch style.

I've been working on a basic root filesystem for the past few days, kernel, GCC, binutils ect. Up until now it's been nothing more than an educational project. If i can get enough support, and a few people on board, who would be up for creating our own distro?
Yes, it's a big project - but Neowin did it with only a couple of people to start with.

Who's up for it?

For people who would like to get involved, I need you to also PM me, give me a few details. I need to know who has what skills, and how we can all help eachother. Brotherly love...
Don't worry if you're not a seasoned programmer, or have never compilled glibc. Maybe you're an artist? Or even if youre willing to do a bit of testing, we need you.

IRC is up @ irc://irc.freenode.net/fplinux
Joining IRC - curtosy of VladH - http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=14...p;postcount=145

[highlight]Tools you will need[/highlight]
You NEED to know how to use these tools.

• VMware Player / Workstation
• GCC suite
• Binutils
• GDB
• Your brain. Seriously. There's going to be things that require thinking outside the box to solve.
  
• Our buildroot. This is a stripped gentoo system, that can be used to compile the real distro. It's a Vmware image, for workstation 6.5, or player 2.0.
  Username: build
  Password: oify
  Root password: oify
  DONT DOWNLOAD THIS UNLESS YOU WANT TO COMPILE THE BASE SYSTEM
  • Mirror 1: Cosmic Duck: http://fplinux.facepunch.info/mirror/gento...root-020509.rar
  • Mirror 2: TehDoomCat: http://fplinux.slashingedge.co.uk/gentoo-b...root-020509.rar
  • Mirror 3: Tu154: http://fpv-community.de/fplinux/gentoo-buildroot-020509.rar
  • Mirror 4: Denzo: These are FTP mirrors - set your client to active mode:
    ftp://88.159.245.40/gentoo-buildroot-020509.rar - Username: fplinux Password: f*ckingincredible
    ftp://hmoe.denzor.org/gentoo-buildroot-020509.rar - Username: fplinux Password: f*ckingincredible

Some recommended reading for you:

• Linux From Scratch - http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/
• Every single man page you can find. Gather as much knowledge as you can!

Can everyone on the teams please be active in IRC. I havn't heard from half of you guys since joining.

All of the development rolls have been filled. If you have a real specialty, feel free to contact me.
EVERYONE can contribute to this project, even if you're not on the dev teams. Your ideas and suggestions are more than welcome!
I personally want to keep development as open as possible, to allow people to learn from what we are doing.

The Team
birkett - Team leader.
Chandler - Python programmer.
Eax - C / C++ / General knowledge
Chryseus - C++ / GTK / SDL / Assembly
henrikb4 - Python
|BIG$MONEY$BALLER| - GUI general knowledge

Web Team (Full)
Cosmic Duck - Main hosting
Denzo - Joint team leader - Mirror
VladH - Joint team leader - PHP dev
TehDoomCat - Mirror (Provisional)
Extrems - Build machines

Art and Media Team (Full)
Tu154M - Art team leader - Mirror (Provisional)
Shining_Sabe
Bionic Apple
Recording...
HubmaN

because it's a fucking incredible idea.