apathy linux

root@apathy:~

$ cat /etc/apathy-release
apathy linux v1.0.0
kernel: 6.6.0 | libc: musl 1.2.4 | init: runit
bootloader: limine | rootfs: squashfs (18MB)
 
$ cat /etc/philosophy
minimalist. anti-gnu. no bloat. no bullshit.
 
$ lsblk -o SIZE,TYPE
36M  iso9660
 
$ 

                download iso
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~/specs

specifications

36MB

ISO image

18MB

squashfs rootfs

GNU components

proprietary blobs

~/components

components

package ver license purpose

linux 6.6.0 GPLv2 kernel (monolithic, LLVM/Clang) no initramfs

musl 1.2.4 MIT C library replaces glibc

toybox latest 0BSD userland utilities replaces coreutils

busybox latest GPLv2 utilities + initramfs

runit latest ISC init system replaces systemd

limine 12.5.1 BSD-2 bootloader (BIOS + UEFI) replaces GRUB

openssl 3.x Apache-2 TLS/SSL cryptography

apk latest GPLv2 package management

~/philosophy

anti-gnu

X glibc → musl (MIT)

X GNU coreutils → Toybox (0BSD)

X GCC → LLVM/Clang (Apache 2.0)

X GNU bash → Busybox ash

X GRUB → Limine (BSD-2-Clause)

X systemd → runit (ISC)

X GNU grep → ripgrep (MIT)

X GNU find → fd (MIT)

~/download

get apathy linux

install

36MB

ISO x86_64 — BIOS + UEFI — works offline

$ wget apathy-linux-x86_64.iso


# write to usb
$ sudo dd if=apathy-linux-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress && sync

# or build from source
$ sudo ./build/build-iso.sh /mnt/apathy

# boot from usb, then
$ /usr/bin/apathy-installer