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Hi Everyone, |
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I am pleased to announce RAP, a project to run Gentoo anywhere you want. |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Prefix/libc |
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RAP (Rap Ain't Prefix) complements Prefix with libc. Project Prefix[1] |
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let you install Gentoo in a directory offset with normal user privilege |
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on a variety of systems. Thanks to a standalone libc, RAP expands the |
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horizon of Gentoo Prefix to Android[2], Debian multiarch and systems |
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with old/buggy libc. |
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We support any system with a Linux kernel. No GNU/Linux distribution is |
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known to fail RAP[3]. |
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If |
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you are a normal computer cluster user and want to use cutting edge |
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tools, but your administrator is too conservative; |
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or if |
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you are a computer cluster administrator keeping the system absolutely |
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stable, but your users are constantly asking for new software; |
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or if |
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you are new to GNU/Linux and want to educate yourself with Gentoo, but |
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are not confident to re-partition and dual-boot; |
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of if |
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you are an experienced unix user and want to evaluate Gentoo; |
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or if |
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you are compiling a lot on your phone, tablet, router, television or |
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network attached storage and looking for an automated way; |
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or if |
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you want to explore x32-abi or musl-libc but your favorite |
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distribution does not support it[5]; |
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try out Gentoo RAP! It will make your computing easier and more |
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enjoyable. |
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We are working on a more robust boostrap featuring cross-compilation, |
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and a complete merge with mainstream Gentoo. RAP can be ported to more |
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libc's and ABI's. You are welcomed to join our team if you have a |
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shared vision. |
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This project was initiated by Ruud (redlizard) Koolen and Benda |
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(heroxbd) Xu, and was mentored by Luca (lu_zero) Barbato in Google |
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Summer of Code 2013[4]. We would like to thank our fellow developers |
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for their support and early testers, including but not limited to xdej, |
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scateu, yangsheng6810, prefixer, yegle, nanikata, Steven Trogdon, Marko |
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Vendelin. |
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Cheers, |
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Benda |
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1. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Prefix |
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2. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Android |
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3. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Prefix/libc#Tested_Distributions |
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4. https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/details/google/gsoc2013/heroxbd/5659014549471232 |
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5. Feasible, but not implemented yet. |
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