t2sde VS nix

> T2 SDE is not just a regular Linux distribution - it is a flexible Open Source System Development Environment or Distribution Build Kit. Others might even name it Meta Distribution. T2 allows the creation of custom distributions with state of the art technology, up-to-date packages and integrated support for cross compilation. Currently the Linux kernel is usually used, but we also started to port T2 to support compiling home-brew like open source package add-ons on macOS, other BSDs, classic Unix systems (Irix, ...) or support bootstrapping alternative micro kernel systems (like a L4 variant or Fuchsia). Similarly building Haiku, Android, Minix, Hurd, Open (or Pure) Darwin, Haiku and OpenBSD could be supported, too.

https://github.com/rxrbln/t2sde

T2 Linux 24.5 "Future Nostalgia" was released.

A major milestone update shipping full support for 25 CPU architectures, and severalC libraries. Support for cross compiling was further improved for Rust, ADA, ObjC,Fortran, and Go!

This is also the first major release with Intel IA-64 Itanium support restored and fully supported. Additionally many X.org 1 DDX drivers were fixed and tested to work again as well as full support for latest KDE 6 and GNOME 46.

T2 is known for its sophisticated cross compile support as well as supporting nearly all existing CPU architectures: Alpha, Arc, ARM(64), Avr32, HPPA(64), IA64, M68k, MIPS(64), Nios2, PowerPC(64)(le), RISCV(64), s390x, SPARC(64), SuperH x86(64) T2 is an increasingly popular choice for Embedded systems, virtualization and still supporting the Sony PS3, Sgi, Sun and HP workstations as well as latest ARM64, RISCV64. https://t2sde.org

Other option may be to custom build a system for it using something like T2SDE

T2 Linux is a distro. That Apple and then some other people named their project like that 10 years later is not our fault ;-) https://t2sde.org Also nobody will be interested in Apple's unimportant Intel Macs soon anymore anyway, ... ;-)

Here it is: https://t2sde.org/

More information, source and binary downloads are open source and free at:https://t2sde.org

life is too fast? you want to slow down and digital detox? Vintage or Retro hardware? t2 Linux now got you covered with support for Firefox on CPUs as low as i586 on an otherwise i486 supporting distribution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGxg8BmV55k (they actually support 24 CPU architectures, basically everything between ARM and RISCV64 https://t2sde.org ;-)

T2SDE is a very powerful distro/meta-distro that offers a lot of choice. The architecture support is insane and you can build & crossbuild systems like PS3, Dreamcast & tiny embedded sysyems alongside all the usual stuff.

T2SDE has a huge scope and is linux only at the moment but seems like the most likely place to see a new linux/bsd hybrid appear.

> https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9911#issuecomment-19252073...

As we covered in my last post, NixOS is a amazing Linux distribution for creating stable and declared environments. Now while this is amazing for a desktop setup, it is also perfect for a home-server or home-lab.

(Nix itself is slowly chugging along with Windows via MinGW - https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-on-windows/1113/108 and https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/1320 , for example.)

Nix is a cross-platform package manager. It uses the nix programming language. Nix and NixOs are often used in the same context, but while the first is a package manager, the latter is a linux distribution based on nix.

Today I want to talk to you about Nixos. What is it? Nixos is a declarative and reproducible OS, partly taking the words used on their own page. What does that mean?

Software developers often want to customize:

1. their home environments: for packages (some reach for brew on MacOS) and configurations (dotfiles, and some reach for stow).

2. their development shells: for build dependencies (compilers, SDKs, libraries), tools (LSP, linters, formatters, debuggers), and services (runtime, database). Some reach for devcontainers here.

3. or even their operating systems: for development, for CI, for deployment, or for personal use.

Nix provision all of the above in the same language, with Nixpkgs, NixOS, home-manager, and devShells such as https://devenv.sh/. What's more, Nix is (https://nixos.org/):

- reproducible: what works on your dev machine also works in CI in prod,

- declarative: you version control and review your configurations and infrastructure as code, at a reasonable level of abstraction,

- reliable: all changes are atomic with easy roll back.

Hopping from one distro to another with a different package manager might require some time to adapt. Using a package manager that can be installed on most distro is one way to help you get to work faster. Flatpak is one of them; other alternative are Snap, Nix or Homebrew. Flatpak is a good starter, and if you have a bunch of free time, I suggest trying Nix.

- it reduces bloat, because you can generate an environment or OS image with only the software needed to run a specific program or service

My guess is that a big efficiency gain would come from the second point, because you don't waste CPU on code that you don't use.

Does this make sense? Has anyone explored this?

[0]: https://nixos.org

1) Setting up the development environment - I currently use devcontainers for most things, but may also dig into nix -> isolated, portable, repeatable development environment 2) Exploring Echo - understand routing, requests, response, etc. 3) Incorporate Templ - integration with Echo, template composition, etc. 4) Integrating TailwindCSS - config for use with Echo/Templ, development cycle, deployment, etc. 5) Add in HTMX - endpoints, template structure, concepts, etc. 6) hyperscript for interactivity - client side interactivity