Assumptions & Principle

• Need something quick and easy that allows rapid modification and building and packaging
• Minimize building C stuff (like BusyBox, been there, done that)
• Purpose is to build tools and document procedures vs. release a distribution that meets everyone's needs

Requirements (in order of priority)

• Ubuntu binary compatibility - complete, duh, handled automatically by mkinitramfs)
• Ubuntu package compatibility -
• Ubuntu repository compa

Non-Requirements

• PCMCIA and all that 20th century technology
• X and all that 1970s technology
• Automatic hardware detection