SprezzOS

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Fortune smiles upon thee: you have discovered SprezzOS, the choice of discerning power users!

At the SprezzOS Project, we're not pushing things around on the desktop and playing with old forks of GNOME. We're redefining and rigorizing the core system applications of the modern Linux environment.

SprezzOS is about the new code it features, not creating a holistic operating system aimed at the lowest common denominator of user.

SprezzOS is derived from Debian, and an active member of the Debian Derivatives Census. While SprezzOS is a product of Sprezzatech, which retains final control over its definition, contributions from the community are actively welcomed. All SprezzOS development is open, and has been from the beginning. SprezzOS at its heart is a rolling, rapidly-evolving operating system atop the Linux kernel; when the term "SprezzOS" is used by itself, it is this continuum (the "trunk") which is referenced. It is intended that users generally install this trunk, and rely on its frequent updates. From time to time, a snapshot will be taken of the distribution, defining a more static release. New installation media will be released as minor version updates to these releases as the need arises.

Might you be among our target audience? Good, good.


Release (recent) Date (planned/actual) Media Architectures Bug Tags Kernel libc
3 "Kleene" TBD TBD TBD 3.0.0 TBD TBD
2 "Kolmogorov" 2013-08-06 / TBD TBD TBD 2.0.0 TBD TBD
1 "von Neumann" (1.1.1) 2012-12-25 / 2013-01-13 SprezzOS-1.1.1.iso amd64 1.0.0 Linux 3.7.5 GNU libc 2.16
0 "Turing" (0.0.1) 2012-10-05 / 2012-10-08 SprezzOS-0.0.1.iso amd64 0.0.0 and 0.0.0-beta Linux 3.6.0 EGLIBC 2.13

Documentation

The SprezzOS Handbook

(which is, as yet, woefully incomplete)

Why SprezzOS? Getting help Release Model
The installer The shell environment The desktop environment
Booting Kernel APT Xorg Man pages Webservers
Security Firmware Fonts Graphics Remote access Health/Testing
Development Storage Networking Power Job scheduling Benchmarking
Debugging Sound External software Performance Printing FAQ

Infrastructure

Mailing Lists

  • The low-traffic sprezzos-announce Google Group features moderated announcements.
    • You are strongly advised to subscribe to sprezzos-announce.
  • The sprezzos-dev Google Group covers development discussion.
    • It also receives copies of all Bugzilla mail.
    • It also receives copies of all commits.
    • This mailing list is quite data-intense.
  • The sprezzos-users Google Group covers all other discussion.

Custom development and SLA-driven support for SprezzOS is available from Sprezzatech, the SprezzOS Project's commercial governing body and primary sponsor.

Bugs

Bugs can be filed in our Bugzilla. Bugzilla will automatically mail changes to sprezzos-dev, so it's pretty much a superior place to report problems.

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Source

Development

Native tools

Our mascot is Natasha the orca, riding her Segway en route to publishing some samizdat. She was chosen because orcas are awesome.