OS/1337

Roadmap

What is the intended Roadmap for OS/1337:

Prereleases - v0.0.x

Working on the prerequesites.

Getting everything sorted out to work.
- Bootable system.
  - Sorting out issues that prevent boot beyond loading of kernel and initramfs
COMPLETED as per Commit

Initial Release - v0.1

Basic System for i486-SX and up on 1.440kB Floppy

Kernel: linux-6.6.6
- Minimalist just to be able to run Toybox and provide basic Ethernet Networking
  - Supports the following NICs: AMD, Intel, Realtek, VIA, - TBA!
  - Grapics: MDA - local console @ 80x25 - done!
  - Sound: PC Beeper - done!
Userland: toybox
Bootloader: mlb instead of syslinux to save space. - WIP!
Init Script: /etc/init - done!
Welcome Message: /welcome.txt - done!
SSH Client: Dropbear - done!
Editor: kilo - done!

All Components are statically compiled against musl-cross and if applicable to their dependencies.

Bugfixes - v0.1.x

Correcting post-release mistakes where applicable.

Future Releases - v0.x

Quality of Life Features

Ramdisk for non-persistent storage
- Boot-to-RAMDISK option - already status-quo!
LiveCD versions with more packages
- spm as package manager
  - See Wishlist for Packages
Installer for installing onto a HDD/SSD
- essential partitioning tools like cfdisk, mkfs.ext2, etc.
- Netinstaller that also allows downloading the latest image into RAM and writing it to the target drive.
  - Similar to the Raspberry Pi NetInstaller abeit with a TUI-based interface. Closer to YaST and Debian Installer.
Netboot support via TFTP.
- Web-Boot support via HTTP and FTP using iPXE - chainloading.
  - Integrity-Checks using Checksums (i.e. MD5+SHA1 being XOR'd) and/or OpenPGP Signature used exclusively to sign said boot images.

Future Releases - v1.0

Further improvements down the line.

OEM-Preinstaller similar to the one used for Ubuntu LTS
Unattended Installer Configuration File Support
- i.e. unattended.install.confor rather unattended.install.ydl (using YADL as configuration file format ).
Unattended Boot Configuration File Support
- i.e. unattended.boot.confor rather unattended.boot.ydl.

Back to README