T2 SDE: A Low-Code Cross-Compilation System Development Environment

2024-12-26

T2 SDE is a low-code, ultra-portable package manager and Linux distribution that enables fully automated, reproducible, cross-compilation of custom operating systems using up-to-date packages. It supports nearly all major CPU architectures, C libraries, GUI systems, and desktop environments, plus countless special-purpose and embedded firmware packages. The latest release, T2 24.12, boasts expanded architecture support, including LibreOffice, OpenJDK, Qemu, and even a new Rust-based desktop environment, Cosmic Desktop. T2's commitment to supporting a wide range of architectures, including legacy and niche ones like IA-64 Itanium, is complemented by ongoing improvements, including full-disk encryption and LVM support for enhanced user experience.

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T2 SDE: Major Update for Cross-Architecture OS Development Environment

2024-12-24

T2 SDE is a low-code, ultra-portable package manager and Linux distribution that enables fully automated, reproducible, cross-compilation of custom operating systems across architectures (ARM, x86-64, etc.). The latest release, T2 24.12, boasts 37 pre-compiled ISO images supporting 25 CPU architectures and includes numerous packages like LibreOffice and OpenJDK. It even has proof-of-concept support for the Nintendo Wii U. T2 continues to improve, with a commitment to supporting IA-64 Itanium, enhancing security features like full-disk encryption, and boosting performance through features like hardware video encoding and decoding.

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