One could argue that Upix fulfills most of your requirements. I have actually been thinking of a way to implement UnionFS as a variant for MODE_UPX, that would make an installation just a matter of overlaying the files in "UPIXAPPDIR/system" with the root file system.
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Carlo Calica <ca...@calica.com> wrote: > The really nice thing about Gobo was how approachable the codebase was. > It was pretty easy to add features (like the unionfs sandbox) due to the > different layers. Each part was easy to understand. > > Creating a full distro is pretty ambitious. Especially a modern one where > the lower level parts are more integrated. Having Gobo on the user level > is very appealing (at least for me). I think it should be distro agnostic. > Maybe targeting the same base requirements as Valve's Steam. A lot of > distros make it easy to run Steam and we could leverage that support. > > Just a quick requirements list off the top of my head. > > > Distro Agnostic (target the Steam API, anything beyond that should be > installed within Gobo) > > Should be layered right on top of existing distro. Root access required. > Should have /Programs /System can live without /Users. No need for > gobohide. Shouldn't install in $HOME, that is too similar to Rootless. > > Should target application level packages. Will provide more flexibility > than appdirs. For instance, AVR cross tool chains. > > > Open issues: > > UnionFSSandbox No idea what the best unionfs is right now. > > Recipes or BinaryPackages > > How to tie build system into the Steam ABI and Gobo while ignoring > everything else in the base distro. > > > > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 10:55 PM, John Buluba <bulub...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I was primarily talking about gobolinux. I didnt understand exactly what >> gnuppix project is about, maybe publishing some design goals make it more >> clear. Anyway i will download the latest build to play around >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Magnus Uppman >> <magnus.upp...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Are you are refering to the Gnuppix project? If that's the case I would >>> very much appreciate help with building packages. For starters everything >>> in BLFS. ;-) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 11:54 AM, <bulub...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello , I ’d like to contribute in any way that I can for this >>>> project. I am not that experienced but I ’ll try to do my best. The idea of >>>> a more logically structured system is very appealing to me , also the idea >>>> of ripping off bash scripts and replacing with something more modern like >>>> javascript (my vision was with something like python ). >>>> Inform me if I can help in any way! >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gobolinux-devel mailing list >>>> gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org >>>> http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gobolinux-devel mailing list >>> gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org >>> http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gobolinux-devel mailing list >> gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org >> http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel >> >> > > > -- > Carlo J. Calica > > _______________________________________________ > gobolinux-devel mailing list > gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org > http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel > >
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