Making our own linux images
From Gender and Tech Resources
Contents
Avoiding lock-ins
All live CD/DVD's focused on anonymity that use tor are based on debian. The debian branch currently suffers from the systemd lock-in.
Candidates
Distro | Default installer | Init | Graphical installation process | Boots | Default package management | Security applications | Minimalist applications |
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voidlinux, independent distribution | runit,uedev | CD/DVD and LiveCD | xbps | ||||
devuan, debian overlay | sysvinit,vdev | CD/DVD | apt |
Emergency Live USB
A minimalist Live USB for emergencies, adapted to our needs. For practice three versions: One version using tor, another with i2p, and one to be determined (for in "cut off" national internets). After that, on demand, based on the likely emergency parameters in local threat models made by gendersec people.
Candidates
Distro | Default installer | Init | Graphical installation process | Boots | Default package management | Security applications | Minimalist applications |
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liberté linux, gentoo based | USB | none | see Liberté linux, tails, whonix, freepto |
Installing test environments
virtualbox
For installing and basic configuration see Linux virtualisation:virtualbox.
vagrant
Installing candidates
devuan in vagrant with virtualbox
voidlinux in virtualbox
Applications
Running *only* what we need while avoiding lock-ins:
Basic security
See growing list of security applications
Minimalist applications
See growing list of minimalist applications
Test driven development
Hostile environment
National internet
Making gendersec images
Live USB
Live CD/DVD
Ova
For chaining
For testing and image development
Resources
- Distrowatch http://distrowatch.com/
- See DebianCustomCD https://wiki.debian.org/DebianCustomCD. A possible "alternative" to this procedure is to use Simple-CDD https://wiki.debian.org/Simple-CDD.
- Voidlinux make live https://github.com/voidlinux/void-mklive
Related
- Captivating capital and copyfighting
- A typical linux distribution
- Linux development process
- Linux virtualisation
- Installing linux
- Linux applications