Now that Linux-libre has been dubbed an official GNU package it seems to me that the GNU Operating System now has a fully functional kernel. Perhaps this means that there could now be an official release of the GNU Operating System?
I'm starting this thread to open a discussion of what sort of shape such a distribution might take and what needs to improve within GNU in order to do it. My idea is that it would be source-based where people compile the operating system from scratch, which brings up my first idea... For starters it seems to me that there needs to be some way to install the operating system onto bare metal, unless people are to be expected to bootstrap it using an existing system? In addition, people could choose whether they want to use Hurd or Linux-libre during the compile process. Another option might be that both kernels could be installed at the same time and people could select between them on boot using the GRUB menu. It seems that this type of setup would add additional complexity but that it would also not be impossible. Thoughts? Ideas? What else needs to be improved within GNU to have our own distribution?
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