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Buckos (from the Greek word for "iron") is a modern Linux distribution built entirely in Rust. Our goal is to create a fast, secure, and highly configurable operating system that takes the best ideas from existing distributions while providing a clean, modern implementation.
The name "Iron Works" reflects our commitment to building robust, industrial-strength system software that can be relied upon for production use.
We believe system software should take advantage of modern programming language features. Rust provides memory safety guarantees, fearless concurrency, and excellent performance - all crucial for core system components.
Like Gentoo, Buckos is source-based and gives users fine-grained control over their systems. USE flags let you enable exactly the features you need, while the package manager handles complex dependency resolution.
While powerful, Buckos strives for simplicity in its implementation. Clean code is easier to audit, maintain, and contribute to. We avoid unnecessary complexity and legacy baggage.
Buckos is fully open source under the Apache-2.0 license. We believe in transparent development and welcome community involvement at all levels.
Buckos draws inspiration from several sources:
Buckos is currently in active development. Core components are being built out:
| Component | Status |
|---|---|
| Package Manager | In Development |
| Init System | In Development |
| Configuration System | In Development |
| Package Repository | Planned |
| Installation Media | Planned |
We're building the foundation first - the tools needed to build and manage a complete system. Once these are solid, we'll focus on creating installation media and a package repository.
Buckos is a community project and we welcome contributors!
Buckos is licensed under the Apache License 2.0, a permissive open source license that allows for broad use while providing patent protection.
For questions, suggestions, or to get involved: