KaarPux

KaarPux is a Linux distribution, where everything is build (automatically) from source.

KaarPux is aimed at developers who want to build and explore a Linux distribution, where they have complete control over the build process.

To build KaarPux you need to prepare a host system, and format the disks of your target system. Then only a handfull of commands are needed to create a bootable KaarPux system. Following up, building a complete KaarPux desktop system just requires a dozen commands. However, depending on your hardware, the build process may take a couple of hours!

The build process, as well as each package, are described in simple "YAML" files, which are then transformed into shell scripts used to build KaarPux.

KaarPux does not include a package management system as such, but it does include various tools for dependency tracking and checking for updated versions.

The bootstrap part of KaarPux is based on Linux From Scratch, but fully automated.

Packages

KaarPux features:

News

2013-may-02: KaarPux version 3.6.2 released

Bugs fixed
Packages updated
Test cases added

2013-apr-23: KaarPux version 3.6.1 released

Java security fix
Other packages updated

2013-apr-16: KaarPux version 3.6.0 released

GNOME 3.8
LibreOffice 4.0
Upstream security fixes
Many minor changes

2013-apr-04: KaarPux version 3.5.1 released

Upstream Security Fixes
Merge core phase into bootstrap_8
Make systemtap work with dash
Several minor updates and bugs fixed

2013-mar-22: KaarPux version 3.5.0 released

Now using dash as default shell
Parallel build of bootstrap phase
Packages updated and bugs fixed