Will you care to provide the Linux distribution ROCK is based on? Just curious.
@TopQuark – There is no Linux distribution it is based on. The whole OS is built from scratch. Starting from cross compilers, the whole thing is custom built.
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That’s a bold choice to write a whole new OS from scratch. Is this OS at least Unix-like in any way? Is it similar to any current OS out there?
I think there’s some confusion here. ROCK isn’t based on any particular Linux distribution (like Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, etc) but it is based on Linux.
The Roon guys built a custom kernel and layered the required utilities on top of that. It’s a completely custom Linux distribution built from the ground-up specifically for ROCK.
That makes a lot more sense. It’s a ton of work to write an OS from scratch, so I was a bit shocked to hear Danny say this was built from scratch. I have a lot more confidence now that this will be solid as a rock.