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title = "Linux Packaging"
description = "packaging for Linux distributions"
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Like everybody else I started with standard distributions like Slackware, 
SuSE, Centos etc. At a certain point I got fed up with the overbloated 
nature (configuration wizards for example) in nowadays distributions and
their way of patching long-dead versions of libraries instead of simply
upgrading to the authors newest fixed version.

It was around 2001 when I spotted the [LFS](http://www.linuxfromscratch.org)
project. But doing everything from scratch all the time is tiresome..

While searching for a Linux distribution which is simple to configure
and doesn't suffer from "feature-itis" I came across [CRUX](http://www.crux.nu)
first and [ARCH Linux](http://www.archlinux.org) half a year later or so.

I stopped to maintain the CRUX packages.

I'm still maintaing some ARCH Linux packages, mainly things I need for
personal hacking.  
See my [ARCH packages](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages?O=0&SeB=M&K=andreas_baumann&outdated=&SB=p&SO=d&PP=50).

I'm also taking part in the [Archlinux32](https://www.archlinux32.org) project,
an effort to keep 32-bit Intel alive for Archlinux.

I'm also trying to play with a [minimalistic Linux](/software/minilinux).
A little bit extreme maybe, but given the current CoreOS maybe also not. :-)