Zinux Linux

Zinux Linux is Cynic by Trade's own linux distribution, based on the Linux from Scratch project. All portions of Zinux Linux can be compiled from source on the host system (with the exception of grub 0.97 on x86_64), thanks in large part to the instructions provided by the LFS book — Cynic by Trade just provides a little glue to hold all the pieces together, as well as a LiveCD/LiveDVD and a few local modifications. While anyone is welcome to use Zinux Linux it's definitely intended for linux experts, and frankly mostly for our internal use, so don't be surprised if it contains several quirks not common in other distributions. If you're building your first from-scratch linux system you're much better off starting with the LFS project. That being said, here's what we've got:

Zinux 2.15

As of November 17, 2009, the current stable version of Zinux is 2.15.

License

Zinux, or at least all the parts of it owned by Cynic by Trade, is provided under a non-GPL, open-source license, which can be found here. Many components of Zinux are provided under the GPL or other similar open-source licenses. Be sure you check each component to ensure that you agree and comply with its specific licensing requirements.

Download

LiveDVD, 64-bit

The Zinux 2.15 LiveDVD is available via HTTP as an Apple compressed disk image:

http://zinux.cynicbytrade.com/archive/Zinux-2.15.dmg (523 MB)

or a xz'ed iso:

http://zinux.cynicbytrade.com/archive/Zinux-2.15.iso.xz (411 MB)

Subversion

You can find the Zinux subversion repository at:

http://zinux.cynicbytrade.com/svn/.

Official releases are in the "release" folder, the current development (sometimes very unstable) is available in the "devel" folder and some software that we use but haven't added to Zinux is available in "local."