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T2 SDE


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T2 is an open-source system development environment (or distribution build kit if you are more familiar with that term). T2 allows the creation of custom distributions with bleeding-edge technology. Currently, the Linux kernel is normally used, but the project is expanding to Hurd, OpenDarwin and OpenBSD. T2 started as a community driven fork from the ROCK Linux Project with the aim to create a decentralised development and a clean framework for spin-off projects and customised distributions.


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Average visitor rating: 5/10 from 3 review(s).


T2 Summary
Distribution T2 System Development Environment
Home Page http://www.t2-project.org/
Mailing Lists http://www.t2-project.org/contact/
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums
Documentation http://www.t2-project.org/documentation/
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Screencasts
Download Mirrors http://www.t2-project.org/download/
Related Websites  
Reviews 8.0: LWN
2.1.0: Golem.de (German)
Where To Donate, Buy, or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2022-07-14: Distribution Release: T2 SDK 22.6
 • 2021-07-09: Distribution Release: T2 SDE 21.7
 • 2021-04-23: Distribution Release: T2 SDE 21.4
 • 2020-12-05: Distribution Release: T2 SDE 20.10
 • 2010-07-15: Distribution Release: T2 SDE 8.0
 • 2007-11-13: Development Release: T2 SDE 7.0 RC2
 • 2007-06-02: Development Release: T2 SDE 7.0 RC
 • 2007-03-28: Distribution Release: T2 SDE 6.0.3
 • 2006-12-07: Distribution Release: T2 SDE 6.0.2
 • 2006-10-30: Distribution Release: T2 SDE 6.0.1
 • 2006-08-25: Distribution Release: T2 6.0.0
 • 2006-06-03: Development Release: T2 2.2.0 RC
 • More T2 releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2021-11-29 T2 SDE to offer bug bounties
 • More T2 headlines...

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Feature snapshot 22.9 21.7
Release Date 2024-02-04 2022-09-02 2021-07-09
End Of Life      
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB)   400-900 400-800
Free Download ISO Source tarballs Source tarballs
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop      
Package Management SRC SRC SRC
Release Model Rolling Rolling Rolling
Office Suite GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice
Processor Architecture mips64, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64, x86, x86_64 alpha, arc, arm, arm64, avr32, hppa, ia64, m68k, mipsel, mips64, nios2, ppc, ppc64, ppc64le, riscv, riscv64, s390x, sparc64, superh x86, x86_64 mips64, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64, x86, x86_64
Init Software SysV SysV SysV
Journaled File Systems      
Multilingual      
Asian Language Support      
Full Package List snapshot 22.9 21.7
abiword (3.0.5) 3.0.5 3.0.5 3.0.4
alsa-lib (1.2.11) 1.2.9 1.2.7 1.2.5.1
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- --
bash (5.2.21) 5.2 5.1 5.1
bind (9.18.21) 9.18.11 9.19.4 9.7.2-P3
chromium (121.0.6167.139) 114.0.5735.199 -- --
cups (2.4.7) 2.4.3 2.3.3 2.3.3
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3 4.4.3 4.4.2
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.45.6 1.45.6
firefox (122.0) 122.0 104.0.1 89.0.2
freetype (2.13.2) 2.13.1 2.12.1 2.10.4
gcc (13.2.0) 13-20240127 12.2.0 11.1.0
gimp (2.10.36) 2.99.16 2.10.32 2.10.22
glibc (2.39) 2.39 2.36 2.33
gnome-shell (45.3) 45.3 42.4 40.2
gnucash (5.5) 5.5 4.11 4.4
gnumeric (1.12.56) 1.12.56 1.12.52 1.12.50
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.06 2.0.6
gtk (4.12.5) 4.8.3 0.99.17 4.0.3
httpd (2.4.58) 2.4.58 2.4.54 2.4.48
inkscape (1.3.1) 1.3.2 1.2.1 1.0.1
k3b (23.08.4) 22.08.1 21.08.1 20.12.1
kmod (31) 31 30 29
krita (5.2.2) 5.2.2 5.1.0 4.4.1
LibreOffice (24.2.0) 7.6.4.1 7.3.3.2 7.1.4
linux (6.7.3) 6.7.3 5.19.6 5.13
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.0 0.10.0 0.10.0
mariadb (11.1.3) 10.11.3 -- --
mate-desktop (1.26.2) 1.26.2 1.26.0 1.25.0
mesa (24.0.0) 24.0.0 21.3.9 21.1.2
mysql (8.3.0) 5.6.19 3.0.9 5.6.19
nautilus (45.2.1) 45.2 42.2 40.2
NVIDIA (545.29.06) 195.36.24 -- 195.36.24
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1
openjdk (21.0.2) 17.0.6-ga 17.0.2 --
openssh (9.6p1) 9.6p1 9.0p1 8.6p1
openssl (3.2.1) 3.2.1 1.1.1q 1.1.1k
perl (5.38.2) 5.38.0 5.36.0 5.34.0
php (8.3.2) 8.3.2 8.1.10 8.0.1
plasma-desktop (5.27.10) 5.27.9 5.25.4 5.21.3
postfix (3.8.5) 3.6.7 3.6.6 3.4.18
postgresql (16.1) 15.3 1.31 12.7
Python (3.12.1) 3.12.1 3.10.6 3.9.6
qt (6.6.1) -- -- 6.1.1
samba (4.19.4) 4.19.3 4.16.4 4.14.5
systemd (255.3) 253 251 --
thunderbird (115.7.0) 115.6.1 102.2.0 78.10.2
vim (9.1) 9.1.0 9.0 8.2
vlc (3.0.20) 3.0.20 3.0.17.3 3.0.16
wayland (1.22.0) 1.22.0 1.20.0 1.19.0
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.18.1 4.16.1 4.16.0
xorg-server (21.1.11) 21.1.10 21.1.4 1.20.11


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Version: 22.6
Rating: 6
Date: 2022-07-17
Votes: 2


I failed to create a bootable system in vmware workstation 16 on an intel 7th generation laptop, neither runlevel 2 nor runlevel 5 provided a login prompt. Stuck at "previous runlevel: n, new runlevel 5", but just sits there for 15 minutes now on a fast laptop with fast ssd.
The general idea seems nice to me, but more bugs than i expect.
User interface sometimes confusing, what needs to be done to proceed.
Will try 21.7 next but if it doesnot work in vmware workstation i will not try anything else.



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Version: 21.7
Rating: 7
Date: 2021-07-11
Votes: 9


The system is actually pretty nice, you can choose to install it by prebuilt ISOs with default settings or compile by yourself all the settings. This second passage can be made with a custom lua+bash script that simplify the operation.

You can choose different init system, package list and various optimization, also is possible to edit and customize all the tools before finalazing a installation ISO.

Then the custom iso can be installed as a normal system with tui installer and all the configurations are applied.

There are problems: the lua script is slow as hell, the script in desktop mode download too many packages as "required", the documentation is old and updated to version 8.0 (not that's a problem, the fundamentals works the same and the scripts are graphical)

For the one who wrote zero: that's not a T2 problem, that's a MX problem, don't use crap


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Version: 21.7
Rating: 2
Date: 2021-07-10
Votes: 3


Spent half a day on this and encountered major issues between tool state and documentation. HTML handbook says:
"T2 requires just a few prerequisites for building:

a Bash shell: as the T2 scripts take advantage of some convenient Bash specific features and shortcuts

ncurses: for the scripts/Config tool

cat, cut, sed & co: for the usual shell scripting"

In reality (on MX host), I needed to install subversion, lzip, zstd and kcc. Build still aborted saying '-E bad option' so the Debian version of kcc did not include that option. I hunted for an hour or so trying to find the source code before giving up.

BTW, I am no newbie, I regularly build Gentoo and LFS.


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