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Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@landley</a> I mean it was merely an idea to get a clean boot from ROM into RAM kinda system...<ul><li>Where it would've made <a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@OS1337</a> a viable <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RescueSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RescueSystem</a> to embed...</li></ul>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://snug.moe/@lumi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@lumi</a> Cortana from Halo 4 voice: I can tell you so many reasons why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GPLv3</a> would be a horribe decision and inevitably enshure that said Kernel can't retain compatibility longterm nor share code...<ul><li><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@landley</a> went through all of this and came to the conclusion that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Copyleft</a> doesn't work!</li></ul>Plus doing so would basically create only unnecessary and redundant labour whilst not providing any real, practical benefit to the end-users...Espechally since <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> is galaxies ahead in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/documentatation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#documentatation</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#developers</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#support</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#support</a> <ul><li>I might rather see <a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@OS1337</a> being embedded in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BMC</a>'s & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iKVM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iKVM</a> systems to provide a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/minimalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#minimalist</a> "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RescueSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RescueSystem</a>" / "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RescueLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RescueLinux</a>" to recover data and/or fix issues and/or install other distros from image files...</li></ul>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://equestria.social/@SweetAIBelle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@SweetAIBelle</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@OS1337</a> So instead of relying on some non-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reproduceable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reproduceable</a> system images for cheap SBCs, why not make something like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OS1337</a> that is compact enough that one can easily build everything one wants for it to get at least started with something.<ul><li>After all, rarely does a project call for a fancy, hardware-accelerated GUI desktop with a Cube-Style animated Virtual Desktop switcher.</li></ul>Sometimes one just needs to bood a system, check it's hardware and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ddrescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ddrescue</a> something off the internal harddrive because one doesn't have any other system that can run it...<ul><li>Or have something to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/netboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#netboot</a> into as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RescueSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RescueSystem</a> because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DisklessWorkstations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DisklessWorkstations</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DisklessServers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DisklessServers</a> are a thing espechally in big hosting envoirments where everything is done in seperately scalable layers and abstracted to APIs and Oroticols like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iSCSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iSCSI</a>...<a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/netboot" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/OS-1337/netboot</a></li></ul>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention">@landley</a> I guess I'm just trying to force myself into mastering this because a working <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1440kB" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#1440kB</a> sized <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Linux</a> that does more than <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#cat</a> text files is nifty...Even if it just works as a means of being a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RescueSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#RescueSystem</a> or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SSH</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#terminal</a>...Maybe I've to really focus on just getting it done... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwUPs5N9I6I&t=375s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwUPs5N9I6I&t=375s</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:And I think that a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/minimalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#minimalist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#embedded</a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#desktop</a> & <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/server" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#server</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Linux</a> has a lot of merits.Because it can be flexible and useful even if a System does have plenty of resources to handle something bulkier than OS/1337.And lets face it: Having some self-booting <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/minimal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#minimal</a> Linux that starts a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SSH</a> server and allows to act as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RescueSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#RescueSystem</a> or do basic <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Setup" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Setup</a> if not <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Backup" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Backup</a> & <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Restore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Restore</a> would come in handy regardless if one has a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BMC</a> with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LOM</a> & <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/iKVM" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#iKVM</a> or not. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGmtP5Lg_t0&t=2545s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGmtP5Lg_t0&t=2545s</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OS1337</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#toybox</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@smyth" class="u-url mention">@smyth</a> But as some versatile <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RescueSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#RescueSystem</a> one can blindly let a machine boot into and do basics like SSH into, wipe and/or recover data and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/chainload" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#chainload</a> other OSes like an Install ISO from a different drive...Kinda like the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Foreman" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Foreman</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/iPXE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#iPXE</a> bootdisk, but better, since it can be used interactively and non-interactively...

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