Build all of a light linux distro non-stop and no buildfails "with just a few commands".

It's all automatic from Termcap to Gtk-4 and making new USB, it's new enough run firefox-99 or 109* and Mathematica 13.1. Minimal commandlines and configuration required; just a few in itself, several end-to-end.

original posts: 12/02/22, update message: 1/29/23

Please Be Patient - Under Construction. src9 just entered testing. See News in README.txt

NOTICE

This website hosted under LICENSE.txt. Use Sourceforge.net URL for free downloads if you are not a Totally Built Linux Distro student user. This website does NOT provide free downloads to commerce nor for non-tbld uses.

Free downloads are available on:

Sources

Goes in /usr/src/dl. About 500 apps. 500 Megabytes. Except procps-2.5 these are same as can be obtained anywhere. A few apps in tarball are uniquely provide by TBLD, ie termcap-1.3.2. Note: src8 src9 do not need additional, while src2 need both tars.

USB

src9 is suggested. Roughly 1 Gigabytes. Only 1 USB is needed. src8 usb is not required to build src8 (src8/ folder is in next section).

src9 just entered testing. See README.txt

see README.txt, older src2.red.usb is not for building src8 src9.

TBLD program

Goes in /usr/local/src8. 14 Megabytes. Plain text bash + specific linux headers. tbld-src8 is on src8 USB already. Each of src8/ src9/ src2/ are equally built from src8 or src9 usb using these.

Optional

/etc RC I use for my PC. Hopefully provides automatic inet connection and X Login. Just replace /etc /var /Users/{etc,scripts,named,postgresql} provide within. See README.txt about boot-pc and boot-pc/README to configure internet.

A mess of past todo's README and unused scripts.

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See README.txt for a short rundown on sr8 v. src9 app versions made.

See README.txt for making usb and any known release upload goofs.

src8 allows Firefox-99/109 binary to run: download it from Firefox.

src8 allows NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-515.57 to run: download it from Nvidia.

Totally Built Linux Distro is made using Intel iCore2, IntelHD audio, Nvidia or vesa, RLT ethernet, no configured wifi. The USB and binaries are not suited to boot all platforms. The README describes how to build without booting USB using a kernel near 5.11.8. Reguarless it is outside of the scope of TBLD to provide kernels that boot all platforms or provide boot RC which do well for all platforms.

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