A rather unknown distro: Crux

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Hannes Worst
Joined: 31 Jan 2009
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The last week I have been trying out yet another distro, Crux. It's not a very well known distro. It's not as userfriendly as AntiX, more comparable to Linux From Scratch or Gentoo. I myself am also fan of Slackware, besides AntiX, and I used some scripts from Slackware to build my Crux install. And I use Paco (Package-Organiser), which is also great. Crux has specific features, like BSD-style init and a ports-system. Unfortunately there is no forum community

But it is quite an interesting distro. In a short time I was able to build a swift and smooth system, and there are a lot of software packages available. __{{emoticon}}__ I think it's suitable for people wanting to have controll over their linuxdistro 'From Scratch', without all the compiling and recompiling!
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#2
Just for info Hannes Worst


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DeepDayze
Joined: 09 Sep 2011
#3
I tried Crux quite some time back and it's quite like Gentoo. Took a while to get the hang of it though
rokytnji wrote:Just for info Hannes Worst


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Oh cool find...didn't know there's a live cd for Crux with an installer for it
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ponse
Joined: 21 Jul 2016
#4
I think by now is dormant (or dead) !
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fatmac
Joined: 26 Jul 2012
#5
ponse wrote:I think by now is dormant (or dead) !
The link shows CruxEX 3.2 as being 14th April 2016. __{{emoticon}}__

(I looked at Crux some time ago, but Antix base is my go to distro.)
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#6
ponse wrote:I think by now is dormant (or dead) !
OS Type: Linux
Based on: Independent
Origin: Sweden
Architecture: arm, x86_64
Desktop: Openbox
Category: Desktop, Raspberry Pi, Server, Source-based
Status: Active
Popularity: 162 (55 hits per day)

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Hazel, is a part time AntiX and full time Crux user. A little old lady from Ireland and a online acquaintance of mine.
Timeline

2016-07-21
17:36 Changeset opt.git bc3a..02be committed by Juergen Daubert: [notify] dropbear: update to 2016.74
15:39 Changeset core.git 01e3..a874 committed by Juergen Daubert: curl: update to 7.50.0
11:51 Changeset opt.git b66b..e49f committed by Juergen Daubert: hpcups: update to 3.16.7
11:44 Changeset opt.git 5fe7..30b2 committed by Juergen Daubert: cups: update to 2.1.4
03:10 Changeset opt.git 63ac..80d4 committed by Danny Rawlins: ccache: 3.2.5 -> 3.2.7

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