Concept
A quote from wikipedia:
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
The points considered to the concept of qLinux are (in random order):
strictly
KISS, multi-user x86_64 linux kernel
Separate the
OS from “programs”
keep the
OS consistent, update it separately
diverge from FHS
diverge from POSIX
diverge from GNU
Use (the best) features from other distributions
provide one tool for one task (Ubuntu)
rolling release for programs (Gentoo and others)
rolling releases causes restarts of programs - this have to be avoided for dedicated programs (include the
OS)
“static” update of the
OS (unplanned restarts should be avoided)
use the filesystem for package management (basically like Gobo, but slidly different w/o using symlinks for all)
perhaps use “USE” flags and profiles like Gentoo - but in any case more restricted (reduced)
install: compile packages by default, but offer a facility for binaries too
stay open-minded to the good features of other UNIX like
OS'es, but as well of Windows and others - but avoid the
bad ones (features)
functionality rules over performance, principles and even questionable security thougths
lower the “dependency hell”
the base shall be:
a linux kernel (gentoo-sources)
musl-libc, perhaps in combination with over C-libs
gcc - the c/c++ compiler only (not the GNU “compiler collection”)
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avoid an inflation of programming languages