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 ====== Welcome to the Hyperbola wiki! ====== ====== Welcome to the Hyperbola wiki! ======
  
-To access all the available documentation on the English wiki,  follow the [[en:sidebar#Menu|Menu]] or the [[https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:main_page&do=index|Index]] of HyperWiki.+To access all the available documentation on the wiki,  follow the [[en:sidebar#Menu|Menu]] or the [[https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:main_page&do=index|Index]] of HyperWiki.
  
 ===== What is Hyperbola? ===== ===== What is Hyperbola? =====
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 <note warning>There will be some stability changes between //0.x// versions (Milky Way) as we make it to version 1.0 (Canis Major), where we plan to have [[en:start#what_is_long_term_support_lts|Long Term Support]].</note> <note warning>There will be some stability changes between //0.x// versions (Milky Way) as we make it to version 1.0 (Canis Major), where we plan to have [[en:start#what_is_long_term_support_lts|Long Term Support]].</note>
  
 +Hyperbola has neither the intention to be just another system claiming something nor being the so-called ultimate answer. In a time with missing clear principles and values Hyperbola is nevertheless here for stating that free, libre software is for all beings to bring progress, privacy, security, freedom of democratic rights and up towards our essential point of technical emancipation, which is only possible with clear motivation for minimalism.
 ==== When Hyperbola first started? ==== ==== When Hyperbola first started? ====
  
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 ==== How Hyperbola stability works? ==== ==== How Hyperbola stability works? ====
  
-The job of Hyperbola, independently of Freedom is, and always is, to develop a Stable version of Arch. Hyperbola releases several versions prior to releasing the stable branch. The other releases are means to that end. You may find these other releases perfectly usable for whatever use you have for them.+The job of Hyperbola, independently of Freedom is, and always is, to develop a stable, minimalistic and privacy-oriented operating-system. Hyperbola releases several versions prior to releasing the stable branch. The other releases are means to that end. You may find these other releases perfectly usable for whatever use you have for them.
  
 Understand, however, that Testing is testing; things are expected to break from time to time. Testing is just what it says it is; it is for testing whether it works reliably prior to its release as a future Stable. You may well find Testing reliable enough, and in fact others have remarked that Hyperbola Testing is more reliable than some other distributions' Stable releases. Understand, however, that Testing is testing; things are expected to break from time to time. Testing is just what it says it is; it is for testing whether it works reliably prior to its release as a future Stable. You may well find Testing reliable enough, and in fact others have remarked that Hyperbola Testing is more reliable than some other distributions' Stable releases.
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 Our objective is to support the [[https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html|privacy]] of our community, it means we strive distribute all software to be secure from global data surveillance revealed in the publication of [[https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/nov/01/snowden-nsa-files-surveillance-revelations-decoded|Snowden's NSA documents]]. We offer additional hardened packages which remove lower level protocols that may cause privacy leaks, metadata/fingerprinting, and vulnerabilities. Our objective is to support the [[https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html|privacy]] of our community, it means we strive distribute all software to be secure from global data surveillance revealed in the publication of [[https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/nov/01/snowden-nsa-files-surveillance-revelations-decoded|Snowden's NSA documents]]. We offer additional hardened packages which remove lower level protocols that may cause privacy leaks, metadata/fingerprinting, and vulnerabilities.
  
-==== What is the Init Freedom Campaign? ====+==== What is the Init Freedom? ====
  
-The [[https://www.devuan.org/os/init-freedom/|Init Freedom Campaign]] is about restoring a sane approach to PID1, one that respects diversity and freedom of choice. We refuse init systems that breaks portability, ignores backwards compatibility, and replaces existing services, forcing into adoption (eg. systemd).+The **init freedom** is about restoring a simplified and minimalistic approach to PID1, one that respects diversity and freedom of choice. We refuse init systems that break portability, ignore backwards compatibility, and replace existing services, forcing into adoption (eg. systemd).
  
 ==== Is Hyperbola based on other distributions? ==== ==== Is Hyperbola based on other distributions? ====
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 No, Hyperbola is just using the package-management from **Arch GNU/Linux** and patchsets from **Debian** with special emphasis on stability, privacy, security and init freedom. We build all packages from scratch on our own, optimized for i686 and x86_64 CPUs. No, Hyperbola is just using the package-management from **Arch GNU/Linux** and patchsets from **Debian** with special emphasis on stability, privacy, security and init freedom. We build all packages from scratch on our own, optimized for i686 and x86_64 CPUs.
  
-We support the [[https://www.devuan.org/os/init-freedom]] made by Devuan and forked some Parabola projects such as the [[https://git.hyperbola.info:50100/software/blacklist.git|blacklist]] and [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/extra/any/libretools/|libretools]], however Hyperbola is not a distribution based on Devuan, Parabola, etc.+We support the freedom to choose the essential packages like the system for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Init|init]], however Hyperbola is not a system called as "based on" or "fork of".
 **The system is completely independent!** **The system is completely independent!**
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 +Hyperbola is also not following any other system-distribution alone, so it is neither to be recommended to use packages for example from **Arch GNU/Linux** nor it would be really possible in general. We are using pacman as our package-manager, but we do everything else on our own and so our packages are also not compatible with other systems.
 ===== General documentation ===== ===== General documentation =====
  
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 ===== Acknowledgement ===== ===== Acknowledgement =====
  
-Some parts of this wiki article are based on the **[[https://www.devuan.org/os/init-freedom|Init Freedom Campaign]]** and **[[https://wiki.parabola.nu/|ParabolaWiki]]**.+Some parts of this wiki article are based on the **[[https://wiki.parabola.nu/|ParabolaWiki]]**.