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.