Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mrmasterkeyboard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mrmasterkeyboard</span></a></span> np.</p><p>To me <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> is just an attempt to a minimalist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro because I want some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reproduceable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reproduceable</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/auditable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auditable</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/firmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firmware</span></a> for various other projects, and both <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@yoctoproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>yoctoproject</span></a></span> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RaspberryPiOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPiOS</span></a> 'lite' seem rather excessive to me.</p><ul><li>Also a proper minimalist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CLI</span></a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a> that can be used for an <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Terninal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Terninal</span></a>"</em> does have merits.</li></ul><p>I just think that it can have serious benefits being less distracting and allowing me (and others) to just use basically any hardware to <em>get work done</em>...</p><ul><li>The rest of the component selection came because it was either dictated by necessity (Linux has the most driver support and biggest community), alignment with values & goals ( <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> 's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a> is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz6iGrhnMKs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">clean & minimalist userland)</a> and being better than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNU</span></a> stuff (i.e. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@musl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>musl</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/musl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musl</span></a>) by not bricking shit at random minor updates…</li></ul>