asiekierka's great project Twili-Linux needs testers, bug reporters and contributors. If you know enough Linux to chroot, compile kernel and boot; please join us at #twili-linux@freenode!

More information about the project:

Twili-Linux is a Linux distribution from scratch. (it's definitely not a rethemed Ubuntu)

It uses a lightweight experimental C library called musl, busybox as the userland (along with GNU awk, GNU make and gcc (which is wrapped for musl)) and a Perl script called pppkg (stands for Portable Perl Packager or Pinkie Pie Packager) as the (source-based) package manager which is used to bootstrap the system.

Currently there's a stage3 tarball-esque chroot environment available and a repository of basic packages that compile well with musl. The install process is quite similar to Gentoo. (however, it's lighter than Gentoo)

Frequently asked questions:

Q: Why the fuck?

A: Because ponies.

Q: Is it available for 64-bit?

A: The project is 32-bit, however there are packages (kernel64, musl64 & gcc64) that are compiled seperately in order to get a 64-bit environment during the bootstrapping process. Be aware that it requires insane amounts of hacking and tweaking. (note that gcc64 has many dependencies)

Q: How complete is it?

A: At the moment, it's far from being complete. With heavy hacking, you can get X.org (which barely compiles) running with blackbox (we haven't decided on a default window manager yet).

Q: How can I help?

A: Depends on your merits. If you can code in {C,shell,Perl}, help us with coding. Else, you can help with alpha-testing and bug reporting. Or you can do something like designing. Any contribution counts!

Q: Can I run it on a virtual machine?

A: Yes.

Q: Does it have ponies?

A: Duh!

Q: Okay, so how do I install it?

A: Uhh... The installation process is a bit tricky. So I highly recommend you to come to the IRC channel. However, if you think you can figure this out all by yourself; here's the tarball. Good luck.

Q: Sounds neat, but what's the goal for the project?

A: Making a distro that is suitable for Twilight Sparkle in any ways.

Q: Will it become more user-friendly like Mint, or will it stay similar to Gentoo?

A: I have no idea! However, our intentions are to to keep it minimal and simplistic, but we are also planning to make an installer for it (like bsdinstall). So, it's likely to be similar to Lunar Linux.

Q: Who is best pony?

A: We are working hard to find the answer of that question. My bets are on Pinkie Pie.