source code is all written from scratch and it is free for anybody
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For your question: Primary it was created to automate process of building many different presets for machines I use. So I can export one variable run 'make build' command and as a result I get disk image (storage/sda.img) that I can 'burn' (dd) onto hard drive of my laptop for example.
But of course you can do whatever you want with disk image - upload to VPS provider, convert to VirtualBox disk image (VDI) etc.
So yeah if you create preset that include all your required binaries and setup than it can be for sure used as self hosted OS app.
That is why I also provide minimal example. I want NiceOS to be basically bootstrapper for whatever you needs - if you need only small kernel and few binaries you can do that with NiceOS, if you want full blown ubuntu kernel config + 3000 apt packages NiceOS can do that too and if you need something in between no problem also.
Yes one person can manage NiceOS
Yes my system boot under 2 seconds
Yes NiceOS do not have package manager
Yes it is using bash script as init (PID 1)
Yes it is using binaries from arch or debian currently
Yes it is technically using binaries from artix or devuan
Yes I am really running this over year as my primary desktop OS
Yes minimal preset can be build under 5 minutes on average laptop machine
Yes by changing one environment variable you can dramatically change how resulting system will look like
Yes over Christmas I decide to create YouTube channel to showcase NiceOS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6McYun7ERj4ZfT3DPlDt...
Now I want to know if only one person will ever use it or not, so please go give it a try and give feedback :)