While creating my unix-like (Linux of course) workstation I have derived a nonexistent, if not just as or not less then ideal approach to zmachine if not IF development on a dedicated unix-like (any and not just Linux itself) but not in zmachine file standards but for the zmachine if not other IF development standards that can be developed on unix-like environment if not mono (ie ZILF, yes I know, ZILF fanboy tooting his horn, bite me guys )âŚ
Here is the criterion of XUZ Operating System (X.org-display Unix-like for Zmachine/ZILF development):
NOTE: This is not to be a general use OS, itâs a proposed IF development environmental OS, so if anything a VMed of this OS would be optimal even at that level.
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Barebones unix-like that has direct access of wifi firmware and has a dedicated and highly supported repository (should always be a standard with any unix-like).
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Desktop environment is limited to X.org WMâs (in this case I use OpenBox, I also use LXTerminal and Leafpad for my editing of sourcefiles, along with ROX as my file manager).
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If license is allowable for free distro without commercial use of compiler software (save for the compiled file, I try to keep to licenses that are agreeable that I maintain rights to my storyfiles, even with ZILFâs license, I just have to use the VER/V-VERSION routines upon the main loop to maintain most of my rights and properties of that storyfile⌠Vaporware of course maintains rights to be attributed for his creating and my using of ZILF and those libraries required along with the use of V-VERSION to point out that attribution acknowledgement), consideration might be taken to append to XUZ OS, along with open sourced interpreters/vmâs that can read said storyfiles.
So far I can think a couple of linux based distros I can use, and maybe OpenBSD (due that most BSDâs are compatible with Linux out of the box so far, not sure to the extent of that compatibility but I hear itâs âpretty damn closeâŚâ). This I doubt is truly in coordination with the GNU or the FSF ideals⌠I am not really trying to touch those foundations, nor is this OS truly existent (save of what is vaguely a specter of it on my laptop for the moment ), but it is a theory if not a proposal of something âfun to doâ if not totally minimized from scratch but out of the box as well (puppy linux and opensuse studio is very possible with this as well). Pics of my active ubuntu/debian based XUZ OS will be shown either later on today if not sometime before the end of this coming Sunday.