RapidLinux is "build your own LiveOS" framework that has been heavily influenced by the Slax project.
The goal of RapidLinux is to provide a complete operating system that boots up the exact same way every time, no exceptions.
RapidLinux integrates a Slackware base with an AUFS root filesystem.
Modules can be added/removed on demand with the activate/deactivate scripts.
The easiest way to get started is to download and run on the pre-built ISO files.
RAPIDBUILD.iso and RAPIDWS.iso have the necessary tools to [re-]build a RapidLinux project.
- RAPIDINSTALL.iso has just the core module to install a bootloader and the module layout to a HD
- RAPIDBUILD.iso has dev tools, but no GUI
- RAPIDWS.iso is a ~400MB image with dev tools and a fluxbox DE
- RAPIDFS.iso is a ~230MB image with samba and file-sharing tools
- RAPIDDOCKER.iso is a ~220MB image with docker and docker-compose
WARNING: Minimal testing has been done on this method!
If you want to build this outside of RapidLinux, see this page
Check out this repository and run rapidlinux_prepare.sh By default, it will make a tree in /opt/RL and fill it in with the necessary repositories. Make sure you have permission to write to /opt, if you keep the default location. When pulling software packages over curlftpfs, it might be slow. You can speed this up by using rsync (or similar) to download packages.
- RapidBuilds - Build scripts for the LiveCD
- RapidModules - Build scripts for additional software
- RapidKernel - Scripts to compile your kernel
/opt/RL
|-- RapidBuilds
|-- RapidModules
|-- packages
`-- output
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2021 Brett Kuskie and RapidLinux contributors
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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- Brett Kuskie, 2021
- RapidLinux contributors