building solsticeos: a source-based distro
i'm making a distro called solsticeos.
gentoo is cool but overwhelming — 50+ use flags per package.
solsticeos is like "we picked good defaults, just use those."
the idea
- tiny base system (kernel, libc, gcc, tools, x11)
- everything else from community overlays
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solpm add-overlay <url>and boom, new packages - no gatekeeping
overlays i imagine
- solstice-gaming (proton, wine, games)
- solstice-dev (rust, python, go)
- solstice-multimedia (ffmpeg, blender)
whats happening
- reading lfs book rn
- starting development in june
- aiming for alpha by september
already got
- GitHub: https://github.com/Abo-Alsuz/solstice-os
- Discord: https://discord.gg/56DYRUnzP5
- logo, docs, roadmap
interested in testing or helping? lemme know.
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