Linux distribution based on FreeBSD userland and LLVM
Chimera aims to be a modern, general purpose Linux distribution.
A major goal of the system is to break free from the common conventions of most Linux distributions and do its own thing. To achieve that, it seeks alternative solutions to various aspects of the stack.
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Chimera is not a GNU/Linux - its userland tools are based on
FreeBSD, LLVM serves as the system toolchain, and musl
provides the C library implementation.
Chimera aims to eliminate legacy cruft where possible to deliver a modern, general purpose, fully featured operating system that is simple but complete.
While the system uses apk-tools and therefore binary
packaging, it aims to be trivially buildable from source using a
build system and package collection created from scratch.
You can use Chimera on all kinds of processors, including Intel/AMD, ARM AArch64, POWER and RISC-V. Architecture tiering system ensures optimal support.
The distribution is in heavy development. Right now, it is a relatively complete graphical system with a multimedia stack and a web browser, capable of running Wayland and X11 environments, such as GNOME and Enlightenment. However, it is still source-based (meaning you have to compile everything yourself) and undergoes frequent refactoring, so it is not yet safe to use.
Initial bootable ISO images for x86_64 and ppc64le are now available. Check the Downloads page for links and instructions. Note that these are pre-alpha quality and are provided solely for testing purposes.
It is currently planned that the distribution will stabilize once apk-tools has released a stable 3.x version. Chimera currently relies on a Git snapshot of apk-tools.
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