Casuarina Linux is an experimental, in-development rolling-release Linux distribution derived from Chimera Linux. It uses glibc instead of musl. The motivation for this is to provide a Linux distribution built with some of the tooling from Chimera Linux while remaining binary compatible with the wider GNU/Linux ecosystem. Read more on the About page »
Features
- Fast, minimal system—install only what you need
- Up-to-date packages (rolling release model)
- Supervising init system with dependency management
- High quality, automated package tooling
- Built with LLVM toolchain†
- GNU/Linux binary compatibility
† with the exception of glibc
Components
Casuarina inherits the novel userland from Chimera, with musl libc replaced by glibc:
| Component | Source |
|---|---|
| Core utilities | Derived from FreeBSD |
| Init system | Dinit + dinit-chimera |
| Toolchain | LLVM |
| libc | glibc |
| Package Manager | apk |
| Package Builder | cbuild |
Status
Experimental but usable
Casuarina is in a usable early state:
- Production package building and hosting infrastructure is in place for
x86_64. - Packages have been built, not all have been run/tested.
- Cross-compilation is not yet supported.
- Some tests were disabled to get the initial pass of
mainbuilding. - It is my (wezm) daily driver.
Using Casuarina today means participating in its development.