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<h2>About Everest</h2>
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<h2>About Everest</h2>
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<p>Everest Linux is a source based Linux meta-distribution,</p>
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<p>Everest Linux is a source based Linux meta-distribution, with a focus on simplicity and flexibility.</p>
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<p>with a focus on simplicity and flexibility.</p>
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<p>2021 - The idea of a packaging system that combined</p>
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<p>2021 - The idea of a packaging system that combined the simplicity of binary based packaging with the power of source based packaging was proposed.</p>
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<p>the simplicity of binary based packaging with the power of source</p>
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<p>Early 2022 - Early prototypes of Glacier were created. These versions came with no multi-repository support, caching, or logging of any kind.</p>
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<p>Mid 2022 - Glacier v1 releases. This was the first stable release of Glacier.</p>
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<p>Early 2022 - Early prototypes of Glacier were created. These</p>
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<p>Early June 2022 - Glacier v2 is released.</p>
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<p>Early June 2022 - Glacier v2 is released.
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<p>Late June 2022 - everestlinux.org is registered.</p>
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<p>Late June 2022 - everestlinux.org is registered.</p>
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<p>September 2022 - Different ways of bootstrapping a base system</p>
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<p>September 2022 - Different ways of bootstrapping a base system are tested by the development team.</p>
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<p>October 2022 - Glacier v3 is released.</p>
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<p>October 2022 - Glacier v3 is released.</p>
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<p>December 2022 - System image builds done by the development team.</p>
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<p>December 2022 - System image builds done by the development team.</p>
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<h2>Design Principles</h2>
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<p>Our design principles heavily influence and guide development.</p>
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<p>Our design principles heavily influence and guide development. You may notice we share many of these with Arch.</p>
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<p>You may notice we share many of these with Arch.</p>
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<strong>Simplicity</strong>
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<p>We follow the UNIX philosphy when possible. Programs should do one thing,</p>
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<p>We follow the UNIX philosphy when possible. Programs should do one thing, and do it right. Our packages have almost zero modifications from upstream.
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<p>and do it right. Our packages have almost zero modifications from upstream.</p>
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<p>The base system contains only what you need to start building your system. The base Everest system also weighs in at around 100 MB</p>
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<p>The base system contains only what you need to start building your system.</p>
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<p>The base Everest system also weighs in at around 100 MB</p>
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<strong>Flexibility</strong>
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<p>Everest is designed with flexibility in mind. Any modification can</p>
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<p>Everest is designed with flexibility in mind. Any modification can be achieved if the user has enough knowledge. For example, it is possible to replace Busybox with sbase, or use runit as your init system, all without breakage.</p>
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<p>be achieved if the user has enough knowledge.</p>
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<p>For example, it is possible to replace Busybox with sbase, or use</p>
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<p>runit as your init system, all without breakage.</p>
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<strong>Functionality versus Ideology</strong>
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<strong>Functionality versus Ideology</strong>
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<p>The developers of Everest are strong advocates of free software, but</p>
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<p>The developers of Everest are strong advocates of free software, but understand that it cannot be implemented 100% of the time, such as</p>
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<p>understand that it cannot be implemented 100% of the time, such as</p>
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<p>in the form of drivers. We also understand that some users may prefer proprietary software over libre counterparts. We take</p>
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<p>in the form of drivers. We also understand that some users may</p>
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<p>no steps to prevent proprietary software in our package database, only requiring it to be under <strong>multiverse</strong>.</p>
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<p>prefer proprietary software over libre counterparts. We take</p>
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<p>This is a very different approach from heavily ideological distributions, some of which remove support for certain programs on a purely ideological basis.</p>
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<p>no steps to prevent proprietary software in our package database,</p>
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<p>only requiring it to be under <strong>multiverse</strong>.</p>
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<p>This is a very different approach from heavily ideological distributions,</p>
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<p>some of which don't even support many packages/features many find useful.</p>
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<strong>User Centrality</strong>
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<p>We believe that instead of trying to make Everest easy</p>
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<p>We believe that instead of trying to make Everest easy to use out-of-the-box, we should instead focus on improving functionality for experienced users.</p>
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<p>to use out-of-the-box, we should instead focus on improving</p>
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<p>Most users will want to get the most recent release.</p>
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<p>Try not to use old releases. Many components of the system will be severely outdated and prone to security holes.</p>
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<p>it may be in the release archive, which contains all</p>
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<p>ALWAYS verify checksums of system images.</p>
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<p>There are multiple ways of getting Everest:</p>
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<p>Please ensure accessing BitTorrent is safe to do.</p>
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<p>Everest Linux assumes no responsibility for unauthorized BitTorrent access. <strong>YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.</strong></p>
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<p>Everest Linux assumes no responsibility.</p>
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<p>2/1/23 - Manual intervention required for /etc/glacier.conf</p>
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<p>A system image is coming together. This includes the toolchain We are still ironing out issues with Busybox's wget implementation, which fails to support https.</p>
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