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@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ A revolutionary operating system that ditches Unix conventions for a modern, net
## MVP Status
The current MVP provides:
- ✅ Custom init system written in C
- ✅ Working busybox shell environment
- ✅ Custom init system written in C (no external dependencies)
- ✅ GUI-only architecture (no CLI/shell)
- ✅ dd-able AMD64 image creation scripts
- ✅ Minimal root filesystem structure
- ✅ Build system (Makefile)
- ✅ Wired networking configuration with DHCP
- ✅ Direct network initialization via C ioctl
- ✅ DNS configuration with public fallback servers
- ✅ Docker container for testing
- ✅ Automated builds and publishing to GHCR
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ The UEFI-bootable disk image includes:
- ✅ **UEFI boot support** with GRUB bootloader
- ✅ **GPT partition table** with ESP (EFI System Partition)
- ✅ **Linux kernel** ready to boot
- ✅ **SparkOS init system** and busybox utilities
- ✅ **Ready to boot** - No additional setup required
- ✅ **SparkOS init system** (completely self-contained, no external dependencies)
- ✅ **Ready to boot** - Direct to Qt6 GUI, no CLI
### Using Pre-built Binary Package
@@ -156,14 +156,12 @@ The Docker image includes:
- Pre-built init system binary
- Minimal root filesystem structure
- Test environment for validation
- **BusyBox shell and utilities**: Alpine Linux base provides BusyBox (verified on startup)
- **No CLI tools**: Pure GUI-only architecture
- **Multi-architecture support**: Available for both AMD64 (x86_64) and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures
When you run the Docker image, it automatically verifies:
- BusyBox version and installation
- Available BusyBox applets (sh, ls, cat, etc.)
- Required networking tools (udhcpc, ip, ping, wget)
- Custom init system binary
- Custom init system binary (statically linked, no dependencies)
- Root filesystem structure
Images are automatically built and published to [GitHub Container Registry](https://github.com/johndoe6345789/SparkOS/pkgs/container/sparkos) on every push to main branch.
@@ -220,7 +218,7 @@ This creates a complete UEFI-bootable image with:
- EFI System Partition (ESP) with FAT32
- GRUB UEFI bootloader
- Linux kernel
- SparkOS init system and busybox
- SparkOS init system (no external dependencies)
**Traditional Method (Requires Root):**
@@ -286,31 +284,31 @@ SparkOS/
### Init System
SparkOS uses a custom init system (`/sbin/init`) that:
- Mounts essential filesystems (proc, sys, dev, tmp)
- Initializes wired networking via DHCP
- Spawns a busybox sh login shell
- Mounts essential filesystems (proc, sys, dev, tmp) via direct system calls
- Initializes network interfaces via direct C ioctl calls
- Spawns Qt6 GUI application directly
- Handles process reaping
- Respawns shell on exit
- Respawns GUI on exit
- **No external dependencies**: Completely self-contained
### Root Filesystem
Follows the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS):
- `/bin`, `/sbin`: Essential binaries
- `/etc`: System configuration
Minimal filesystem structure for GUI-only OS:
- `/sbin`: Init binary only
- `/etc`: Minimal system configuration
- `/proc`, `/sys`, `/dev`: Kernel interfaces
- `/tmp`: Temporary files
- `/usr`: User programs and libraries
- `/var`: Variable data
- `/root`: Root user home
- `/home`: User home directories
- `/usr`: Qt6 GUI application and libraries
- `/var`: Variable data (overlay mount)
- `/root`: Root home
### Networking
SparkOS provides wired networking for initial bootstrap:
- **DHCP**: Automatic IP configuration via busybox udhcpc
SparkOS provides network initialization through direct C code:
- **Interface Management**: Direct ioctl calls to bring up network interfaces
- **DNS**: Fallback to public DNS servers (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4, 1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1)
- **Interface**: Primary wired interface (eth0) configured automatically
- **WiFi**: Will be configured later via spark CLI after installation
- **DHCP**: Managed by Qt6 NetworkManager in GUI
- **WiFi**: Configured through Qt6 GUI
## Development
@@ -418,63 +416,31 @@ make clean
make help
```
### Adding Binaries to Root Filesystem
### Adding Components to Root Filesystem
To create a fully functional system, you need to populate the rootfs with binaries:
To create a fully functional bootable system:
```bash
# Required binaries (statically linked recommended)
# 1. Busybox - provides shell and most utilities including networking
cp /path/to/busybox rootfs/bin/
# Required components:
# 1. Qt6 GUI application - Build with make gui
# 2. Qt6 libraries - Copy Qt6 runtime libraries to rootfs/usr/lib
# 3. Linux kernel - Include kernel binary for bootloader
# 2. Git - for cloning spark CLI
cp /path/to/git rootfs/bin/
# Note: If git is dynamically linked, you'll need to copy its libraries too
# Qt6 GUI is built and installed via:
make gui
make install # Installs to rootfs/usr/bin/sparkos-gui
# 3. Sudo - for privilege elevation
cp /path/to/sudo rootfs/bin/
# Create busybox symlinks for common utilities
cd rootfs/bin
for cmd in sh ls cat mkdir rm cp mount umount chmod chown ln \
ip ifconfig ping wget udhcpc; do
ln -sf busybox $cmd
done
cd ../..
# If using dynamically linked binaries, copy required libraries
ldd rootfs/bin/busybox # Check dependencies
ldd rootfs/bin/git # Check dependencies
ldd rootfs/bin/sudo # Check dependencies
# Copy libraries to rootfs/lib or rootfs/lib64 as needed
```
### Testing Network Connectivity
Once booted, you can test the network:
```bash
# Check interface status
ip addr show
# Test DNS resolution
ping -c 3 google.com
# Test direct IP connectivity
ping -c 3 8.8.8.8
# Download a file
wget http://example.com/file
# Note: Qt6 must be compiled with linuxfb support for framebuffer rendering
```
## Future Roadmap
- [ ] Qt6/QML full screen GUI
- [ ] Qt6/QML full screen GUI implementation
- [ ] Wayland compositor integration
- [ ] C++ CLI tools (spark command)
- [ ] Package management via spark CLI
- [ ] WiFi configuration via spark CLI
- [ ] Advanced network configuration
- [ ] Network management via Qt6 NetworkManager
- [ ] WiFi configuration through GUI
- [ ] Advanced network configuration UI
- [ ] System settings and configuration UI
## Contributing
@@ -482,6 +448,7 @@ Contributions are welcome! This is an early-stage project focused on:
1. Maintaining minimal footprint
2. Clean, readable code
3. Proper documentation
4. GUI-only architecture (no CLI/shell)
## License
@@ -490,26 +457,26 @@ See LICENSE file for details.
## Notes
This is an MVP implementation. The system currently provides:
- Basic init system with network initialization
- Shell environment
- Custom init system with direct network initialization
- GUI-only architecture (no CLI/shell)
- Build infrastructure
- Image creation tooling
- Wired networking configuration
- Self-contained init with no external dependencies
To create a fully bootable system, you'll also need:
- Linux kernel binary (`vmlinuz`)
- Essential system binaries: busybox, git, sudo
- Required libraries (if using dynamically linked binaries)
- Linux kernel binary (`vmlinuz`) with framebuffer and networking support
- Qt6 GUI application (sparkos-gui)
- Qt6 runtime libraries
- Bootloader installation (handled by scripts)
Minimum System Requirements:
- Kernel: Linux kernel with networking support
- Init: Custom SparkOS init (included)
- Shell: Busybox with networking utilities (udhcpc, ip/ifconfig, ping, wget)
- VCS: Git (for installing spark CLI)
- Security: Sudo (for privilege elevation)
- Kernel: Linux kernel with framebuffer and networking support
- Init: Custom SparkOS init (included, no dependencies)
- GUI: Qt6 application with linuxfb platform support
- Libraries: Qt6 runtime libraries for GUI
After bootstrap:
1. Use wired network to clone spark CLI via git
2. Use spark CLI to configure WiFi and other system features
3. Install additional packages as needed via spark CLI
System Philosophy:
- **No CLI tools**: Everything through Qt6 GUI
- **No shell**: Direct kernel-to-GUI communication
- **No busybox**: Self-contained init system
- **Network-first**: Networking integrated into GUI