From e79bb3f981bfbb8f1a73c94a4cf6261020fc7458 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lw-everestlinux Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2022 11:08:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update outdated information (excluding handbook) --- about.html | 4 ++-- download.html | 10 ++++++---- index.html | 9 +++++---- 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/about.html b/about.html index 516c6c9..4e1c1ed 100755 --- a/about.html +++ b/about.html @@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ Everest Logo

About Everest

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Everest Linux is a source based Linux distribution.

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It is intended to function somewhat like an Arch/Gentoo hybrid

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Everest Linux is a source based Linux meta-distribution.

History of Everest

2021 - The idea of a system that combines the simplicity of binary packaging with the flexibility of source based packaging was born

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Mid 2022 - Glacier reaches a stable release point

Late June 2022 - everestlinux.org is registered and git.everestlinux.org goes online

September 2022 - Early prototypes of the ELIF (Everest Linux Installation Framework) are completed

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October 2022 - Glacier v3 enters testing

Design Principles

Our design principles guide the development of Everest. You may notice we share some of these with Arch.

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Download Everest

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Most users will want to get the most recent release.

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If for some reason you require an older release, it may be in the release archive.

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Using a very old release is not recommended because many critical programs (such as the Linux kernel) are severely out of date.

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It is for this reason that releases older than 2 years are removed from the archives.

There are multiple ways to get Everest.

HTTPS

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Ensure to verify the checksum of the tarball before using it. The SHA256 signature of the latest tarball should be:

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150dad224cb7e4244046b97170e0e01834ce07445bddb4be7ebc035b68b5221c everestlinux-summit-0.0.1-systemd-rc.tar.xz

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If the checksum of your tarball does not match the checksum above, your tarball is either corrupted or malicious.

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wget

If you wish to download an Everest tarball through the liveusb, wget allows you to quickly download it through the command line.

The following command will download Everest:

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$ wget https://git.everestlinux.org/EverestLinux/everest/releases/download/0.0.1-systemd-rc.tar.xz

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$ wget https://git.everestlinux.org/EverestLinux/everest/raw/branch/main/releases/everestlinux-X.X.X-master.tar.xz

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Ensure you define which version you want.

Installing Everest

The Everest installation handbook should give you a pretty good idea of how to set up your installation. It can be found here.

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Everest Linux

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A highly flexible, general purpose operating system, built off of the monolithic Linux kernel and Glacier package manager.

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A highly flexible, general purpose meta-distribution, built off of the monolithic Linux kernel and Glacier package manager.

Why Everest?

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Simple: Everest strives to be simple by design, coming with no pre-installed bloatware, or spyware

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Simple: Everest strives to be simple by design, coming with no pre-installed bloatware, or spyware. Everest follows the UNIX philosphy when possible

Stable: Everest is designed to be as stable as possible. Adopting a unique approach to package management, update any package whenever you want, or not at all. Plus, major package dependencies are not resolved automatically, reducing the possibility of needing to downgrade a library.

Fast: Glacier downloads program source code from the Everest Package Index, then compiles it locally on your system, resulting in an extremely optimized experience. Simply define the makeflags for your system and you're ready to go.

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Lightweight: Everest uses busybox and sysvinit to provide an extremely lightweight system.

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Flexible: Everest supports higly customized installations, to the point where some of them can't even be considered Everest anymore.

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Lightweight: Everest uses Busybox for its userland tools, OpenRC as its init system, and musl for its C library. All of these tools are designed to be as lightweight as possible.

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Flexible: Everest supports higly customized installations. Any part of Everest can be replaced.

Ready to try Everest?

Read the installation guide here.

News

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10/7/22 - Glacier v3 enters testing

6/21/22 - everestlinux.org has been registered, all packages have been migrated to git.everestlinux.org.

6/9/22 - Glacier v2.1 has been released

5/31/22 - Glacier v2.0 has been released