Comments on: Introducing Gales Linux, a cross-bootstrapped, do-it-yourself, fully-static, discriminatory distribution

By: Servers by the slice: pricing and terms for VPS hosting at JWRD « Fixpoint

Servers by the slice: pricing and terms for VPS hosting at JWRD « Fixpoint — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 23:31:31 +0000

[...] more convenient and better supported options, we have disk images ready to go for Gales Linux(viii) and CentOS 6, with their full distribution mirrors on the shelf in case of [...]

By: Poking at a swarm of GNATs « Fixpoint

Poking at a swarm of GNATs « Fixpoint — Fri, 17 May 2024 17:10:25 +0000

[...] to be done about Gales Linux development? If it's to gain any life as a collaborative project, it can't continue as it's been, a [...]

By: The Panamanian Box « The Whet

The Panamanian Box « The Whet — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 21:28:51 +0000

[...] I've very little notion just yet of what I've gotten myself into, but that's the idea. So long as something well principled's being developed, I'm more or less obligated to explore it as an option against the tide of corner-cutters that [...]

By: That frog prince story as seen from the home castle « Fixpoint

That frog prince story as seen from the home castle « Fixpoint — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 21:41:40 +0000

[...] strictly speaking, but could just as well be since nobody reads code anyway and there's no way to verify it's built from the advertised sources. Which nobody can do anymore either. [...]

By: [Event] Why you need passwords and how to make them strong. on Dorion Mode - A blog by Robinson Dorion.

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 20:38:31 +0000

[...] nos vemos alla !! Authors of Gales Linux, Gales Scheme, Gales Bitcoin Wallet, maintainers of the most conservative Bitcoin reference [...]

By: Syntax destruction is the fountainhead of fiat propaganda on Dorion Mode

Syntax destruction is the fountainhead of fiat propaganda on Dorion Mode — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 03:35:47 +0000

[...] professionals who can pick the precious from the base and can intellectually afford a functioning Linux, one by one, have been defecting to [...]

By: The simplest way yet to fetch Bitcoin code « Fixpoint

The simplest way yet to fetch Bitcoin code « Fixpoint — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:19:45 +0000

[...] of a dead-simple interface and dependable operation on a variety of platforms, with JWRD's own Gales Linux as the principal [...]

By: Protect What Matters with JWRD « Dorion Mode

Protect What Matters with JWRD « Dorion Mode — Sat, 02 May 2020 02:17:02 +0000

[...] Gales Linux8, among other security advantages, it's one of the only Linux distributions which provides the operator the independence to compile all source code ; [...]

By: Thinkpad in Gales « Ossa Sepia

Thinkpad in Gales « Ossa Sepia — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:46:09 +0000

[...] is the thing to break if you want to make Jacob cross2 and otherwise a fully static linux distribution of delightfully small size and clear setup that works reportedly ~everywhere, from Panama to the [...]

By: A journey through the Gales installation process « The Tar Pit

A journey through the Gales installation process « The Tar Pit — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:54:53 +0000

[...] is... well, better to let previous writings to speak for themselves; more precisely, JFW's introduction to Gales Linux; the initial release; and Bvt's installation report are so far the foremost pieces on the subject, [...]