IBLS
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| Website: | www.ibls.org |
| Company/ developer: |
Ico2 |
| OS family: | Linux |
| Source model: | Open source |
| Latest stable release: | alpha / January 6, 2006 |
| Kernel type: | Monolithic kernel |
| Default user interface: | Fluxbox |
| License: | Various |
| Working state: | Current |
IBLS is a mini linux server distribution.
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[edit] Origins
IBLS started out based on Damn Small Linux, but has since been completely remade. It aims to be as modular as possible, in a similar spirit to Debian, although it does not use Debian packages, but its own custom package management.
[edit] Package management
The IBLS package management uses cramfs loopback files to reduce the amount of ram taken to load a file, packages are mounted rather than unpacked, so ram is not wasted on them. Packages are merged with the base system and an "rwfs" using unionfs. There are a range of packages for IBLS and this range will increase greatly in the future. IBLS can also load rpm and Debian packages.
[edit] RWFS
RWFS stands for read/write filesystem. This is merged with the system and packages using unionfs which means that any point in the filesystem can be written to. The RWFS can be in ram, or an a disk. If it is on a disk, any changes you make to the system will still be around when you reboot.
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