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32 lines
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# What's Included
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* A full C and C++ development environment including compiler, headers and libraries.
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* Up to date versions of kernel, base libraries and toolchain components.
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* Where possible, BSD and historical Unix utilities have been incorporated.
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* Full documentation is included for all included software.
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* The HitchHiker build system is capable of bootstrapping itself from another
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Linux distro or from HitchHiker itself, and is available for x86, Arm and RiscV
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architectures.
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# What's Missing
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* Systemd - HitchHiker uses the S6 supervision suite and a minimal init.
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* No installer - HitchHiker is installed using Unix command line tools present
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on any Linux distribution.
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* No apt, rpm, dnf, pacman, etc. HitchHiker uses NetBSD Pkgsrc for installing
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extra software.
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* No daemons beyond what is required to provide a functional command prompt are
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started by default.
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* No extra configuration is done to provide a "consistent look and feel" or any
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such crap.
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The Linux world is full of choices. Unfortunately, among the hundreds of installable
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offerings the vast majority are "vanity distros" which are just a remix of another
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distribution, with a different set of installed packages and a few cool wallpapers.
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HitchHiker on the other hand is not based on any other distribution of Linux. It
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is a fully independent offering which tracks the most recent releases of the Linux
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kernel, Glibc, GCC etc. It's smaller userland utilities have been mostly ported
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from BSD or implemented from scratch. It's source tree can compile the entire
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operating system with a single command using Makefiles. We strive for an active
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and independent presence and want to push open source into new and exciting
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frontiers, such as RiscV, while paying homage to classic Unix. While there are
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other offerings that cover some of the same territory (Arch, Gentoo) we felt that
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there was space for something different.
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