It provides packages for i686 and x86_64 architecture that meets GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG). Moreover, Hyperbola put high emphasis on Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS) methodology. v0.1 of Hyperbola was the first and the last version to support Systemd. Most importantly, Hyperbola is also one of the distributions without Systemd init system.Įven though the Systemd is widely adopted by major Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Hyperbola replaced it with OpenRC as the default init system. It was based on Arch Linux snapshots combining Debian development.īut, unlike Arch having a rolling release model, Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre follows a Long Term Support (LTS) model.Īlso, instead of a generic Linux kernel, it includes GNU operating system components and the Linux-libre kernel. Subsequently, the first stable version of Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre arrived in July 2017. Back in April 2017, the Hyperbola project was started by its six co-founders with an aim to deliver a lightweight, stable, secure, software freedom, and privacy focussed operating system.
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