CRUX PPC

About

CRUX PPC is a volunteer driven non-profit project based on the releases of CRUX for x86.

Unlike other distributions, the primary goal of CRUX is not to be the most popular (read: biggest number of users) or to put as many features as possible into the system. The idea is rather to build a streamlined distribution, targeted at a specific audience which in turn gets a system without compromises. The result may not be the best distribution for everybody, but as mentioned above, that’s not the goal. If you’re part of the target audience however, you might enjoy running CRUX just as much as we do.

It’s quite hard to do an objective comparison of linux distributions, since it’s often a matter of taste. We therefore believe that you should compare potential candidates yourself, and choose the one you like best. One thing you should remember is that CRUX is targetted at experienced users who don’t mind doing some work themselves, so if you’re an completely new to Linux-based operating systems or want a zero-effort distribution, CRUX is not the optimal choice.
Also, especially new users sometimes confuse a deliberately omitted feature with a lack thereof and suggest it as an “improvement”; you do yourself and us a favour if you try to get yourself adjusted to CRUX for a while before making suggestions to seemingly improve the system; many of the developers have been working with various Linux distributions already and are quite aware of their features.

The CRUX PPC Team:

NullPointer

Giorgio (aka NullPointer) is a long-standing Free Software enthusiast. He works full-time in Rome and studies Telecommunication Technologies Engineering at the “Federico II” University in Napoli, Italy. He joined the team in April 2005.

Acrux

Nico (aka Acrux) is a student in Structural Civil Engineering at the “Federico II” University in Napoli, Italy. He get involved in ‘Progetto CRUX Italia’ in 2003 and from March 2006 is here in the CRUX PPC team as core developer, beta tester and ports maintainer.

Cjg

Giuseppe Coviello (aka Cjg) is a student in Computer Science at the “Parthenope” University in Napoli, Italy. He is the author of ilenia and parthenope and now plays a main role in the development.

Home

Giuseppe (aka Home) got a degree in Telecommunication Technologies Engineering at the “Federico II” University in Napoli, Italy. He joined the team in September 2008 testing the development process.

here the retired members and who contributed in the past.