Nenuzhnix (the name comes from the word “nenuzhno” meaning “useless”) is my proof-of-concept Linux distro. It’s idea was coming to my mind several times during 2014, I even made a small prototype. Now I’m going to describe what makes it so special.

This distro is going to be a mind-blowing mix of Debian GNU/Linux, OpenWrt and Aboriginal Linux. The main idea is using modern technologies while keeping things simple. I will use the code and experience that I already have from my projects like Elk Linux (tiny embedded OS with Linux kernel) and Simplinux (a bunch of scripts to customize and build a small Linux based system) to achieve at least something with this new project.

Cool features:

• The Linux plague (systemd) will be replaced with a smaller init system (probably, something similar to OpenWrt init and procd)
• Obsolete Xorg will be replaced with Wayland and Weston for GUI (Weston will be changed to something else later)
• Perl and Python workaround-scripts will be rewritten in pure sh, so I will not include the interpreters by default
• coreutils, util-linux and some other packages will be replaced with a single binary toybox
• dpkg will be replaced by opkg (compatible package manager from OpenWrt)
• dash will be the default shell instead of bash (bash also is not included by default)
• connman will replace NetworkManager

The aim of Nenuzhnix is to be a “yet another Linux distro” which is very small, understandable and simple, ideal for KISS principle fans.