Mercurial > hg > aboriginal
changeset 1119:25b47a72fd70
Update the FAQ with some reasons for the name change.
author | Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> |
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date | Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:07:54 -0500 |
parents | 62e2321619e2 |
children | 34fb47276e30 |
files | www/FAQ.html |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/www/FAQ.html Wed Jun 16 08:14:27 2010 -0500 +++ b/www/FAQ.html Wed Jun 16 18:07:54 2010 -0500 @@ -87,9 +87,22 @@ <p>A: Yup. The name changed shortly before the 1.0 release in 2010.</p> -<p>If you're really bored, there's a page on -<a href=history.html>the history of the project</a>, which includes the -rationale for the name change.</p> +<p>The name "Aboriginal Linux" is based on a synonym for "native", as in +native compiling. It implies it's the first Linux on a new system, and also +that it can be replaced. It turns a system into something you can do +native development in, terraforming your environment so you can use it +to natively build your deployment environment (which may be something else +entirely).</p> + +<p>Aboriginal Linux is cross compiled, but after it boots you shouldn't need +to do any more cross compiling. (Except optionally using the cross compiler +as a native building accelerator via distcc.) Hence our motto, +"We cross compile so you don't have to".</p> + +<p>The old name didn't describe the project very well. (It also had tens +of millions of Google hits, most of which weren't this project.) If you're +really bored, there's a page on <a href=history.html>the history of the +project</a>.</p> <a name=add_package /><h2>Q: How do I add $PACKAGE to my system image's root filesystem?</h2>