Open source Linux distribution kit
"ROCK Linux" redirects here. Not to be confused with
Rocky Linux .
Linux distribution
T2 SDE
Developer René Rebe OS family
Linux (
Unix-like ) Working state Current Source model
Open source
Latest release 24.8 / July 30, 2024; 2 days ago (2024-07-30 )
Repository
svn .exactcode .de /t2 /trunk / Platforms
alpha ,
arm ,
arm64 ,
ia64 ,
hppa ,
loongarch64
Microblaze ,
MIPS64 ,
mipsel ,
m68k ,
OpenRISC ,
RISC-V (32 and 64 bit),
ppc64le ,
ppc64-32 ,
sparc64 ,
x86 , and
x86-64
License
GNU General Public License Official website
t2sde .org
The T2 SDE (System Development Environment ) is an
open source
Linux distribution kit. It is primarily developed by René Rebe.
[1]
[2]
ROCK Linux was started in the summer of 1996 by Claire Wolf.
[3] T2 SDE was forked in 2004, when developers were dissatisfied with the project.
[4] ROCK Linux was discontinued in 2010.
[5]
In August 2006, version 6.0 was released with
ISO images for
AMD64 ,
i386 ,
PPC64 and
SPARC64 .
[6] In July 2010, version 8.0 (codenamed "Phoenix") was released.
[7] In April 2021, version 21.4 was released.
[8] In July 2022, version 22.6 was released.
[9] In April 2024, version 24.5 was released. In June 2024, version 24.6 was released shipping Wine for Windows application compatibility as well as LibreOffice and Thunderbird for a complete Linux Desktop experience. In July 2024, version 24.8 was released shipping OpenJDK for Java™ compatibility as well as a multi-architectural MIPS64 Linux kernel built for Sgi IP27, IP30, IP32(r5k & r10k) as the first Linux OS release to boot on multiple Sgi RISC workstations and servers.
Puppy Linux has used T2 SDE for compiling their packages.
[10]
AskoziaPBX has used a fork of T2 SDE because it had support for
Blackfin .
[11]
Archivista made a
document management system based on T2 SDE.
[12]
T2 SDE supports the
x86-64 ,
x86 ,
arm64 ,
arm ,
RISC-V (32 and 64 bit),
ppc64le ,
ppc64-32 ,
sparc64 ,
MIPS64 ,
mipsel ,
hppa ,
m68k ,
alpha , and
ia64 architectures.
[8] The PowerPC platform is well supported. There are ISO images available, or users can build it themselves.
[13]
T2 SDE has been shown to run on the
Nintendo Wii .
[14] It also supports the
SGI Octane
[15] and the
PlayStation 3 .
[16]
^
"Systementwicklung mit T2" .
LinuxUser (in German).
Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-04-23 .
^
"T2 SDE 8.0: a universal distribution build kit" .
LWN.net .
Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-04-23 .
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"LinuxDevCenter.com: The ROCK Linux Philosophy" .
O'Reilly Media . 2006-12-05. Archived from
the original on 5 December 2006. Retrieved 2021-04-24 .
^ Ihlenfeld, Jens.
"T2: Optimale Linux-Distribution im Eigenbau" .
Golem.de (in German).
Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24 .
^
"ROCK Linux" . rocklinux.org .
Archived from the original on 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2021-04-24 .
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"T2 SDE 6.0.0 Released" .
OSNews .
Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-04-23 .
^
"T2 System Development Environment 8.0 arrives - The H Open: News and Features" .
H-online .
Archived from the original on 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2021-04-23 .
^
a
b Larabel, Michael.
"T2 SDE 21.4 Released With This Linux Distribution Supporting 15 CPU Architectures" .
Phoronix .
Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-04-23 .
^
"T2 SDK 22.6 Released" .
Distrowatch . Retrieved 2022-07-18 .
^ Frye, Selena (October 25, 2011).
"Who doesn't want a new Puppy? New releases from Puppy Linux" .
TechRepublic .
Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-04-23 .
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"M0n0wall is dood, leve de m0n0wall-forks!" .
Linux Magazine . 2017-05-18.
Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-04-23 .
^ Bantle, Ulrich.
"Archivista Box with Open Source OCR » Linux Magazine" . Linux Magazine .
Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-23 .
^ Vervloesem, Koen.
"Linux on PowerPC" .
LWN.net .
Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24 .
^
"Wii-Linux + T2 SDE Linux 6.0 + X Server Running XD | Linux Journal" .
Linux Journal .
Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-04-23 .
^
Sgi Octane MIPS64 Linux finally stable! ,
archived from the original on 2021-04-24, retrieved 2021-04-24
^
Latest T2/Linux kernel 4.19.2 running on the PS3! a bit of "live coding", too ;-) ,
archived from the original on 2021-04-24, retrieved 2021-04-24