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System description of the Matrixxx project (an introduction)

A Linux live system for you to build yourself – based on shell scripts.
Primarily for use on USB sticks (or similar).
The integrated hardware detection allows you to boot your own, customized operating system from the USB stick with a large number of x86 systems (currently focusing on 64-bit systems).
A system that behaves the same on a wide variety of computers and fits in your pocket.
Only a few script calls are necessary to create my own system - and customization is simple.

What does matrixxx stand for?

For a collection of scripts for generating:

The boot medium is a USB stick (or similar)
Extlinux/Syslinux is used as the bootloader
- Legacy boot and UEFI
The custom kernel is started by the bootloader, which in turn starts a custom initramfs. Controlled by the bootloader configuration file.
The custom initramfs mounts the read-only operating system images as an union mount file system, including a writable layer, and starts the operating system init process.

Create a customized kernel
- Contains aufs (Advanced Multi Layered Unification Filesystem)
- Contains drivers for booting from USB sticks (or similar devices)

Create a customized initramfs
- Contains a customized busybox based on version v1.37.0
- Contains an init script that
  - is provided with the earliest possible hook (exit point), i.e., as soon as the actual boot medium is mounted (makes customizations to the initramfs easier)
  - Enables various cheat codes via kernel parameters (bootloader)
Note: The read-only images of the operating system are of the squashfs type

Create a Debian-based system, packaged in multiple squashfs image files
- Possible software packages: stable, testing, unstable, and experimental (configurable)
- Possible software categories: main, contrib, non-free, and non-free firmware (configurable)
Due to the file size limitation of < 4GB (with vfat), multiple image files (layers) can be created, which are then mounted in a union mount file system. (This allows for a very large selection of software)

With the Standard software selection, a complete Debian-based operating system can be assembled in just a few steps (script calls)