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Recipes contain bits and pieces of hardware-related knowledge, but these bits feel sparse. I've been wanting to consolidate hardware- related documentation for a while, but always fell at odds with the recipes organisation. We don't have recipes anymore, just a /doc/hw section that contains hardware-related documentation which often translate to precise instructions to run Collapse OS on a specific machine. With this new organisation, I hope to end up with a better, more solid documentation.
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# Contribute to Collapse OS
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Thanks for considering participating to Collapse OS. That the idea of a
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post-collapse operating system sparks your interest is great. However, there
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have been many contributors so far who seem to have misunderstood Collapse OS'
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manifesto. To be clear, let's review its most important points.
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## Project goal
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Collapse OS' only goal is to preserve humanity's ability to program
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microcontrollers with low-tech tools. We accept only contributions advancing
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the project towards that goal.
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Although Collapse OS is mostly a software product, it's also a documentation
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repository. Improving documentation make the project advance towards its goal.
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That Collapse OS has such a narrow goal might disappoint many people who are
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enthusiastic about the technological achievement. Sorry for that.
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If you think that Collapse OS could be repurposed, please fork it. If it serves
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the general purpose of post-collapse resilience, that project could be part of
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a web of resilience which we'll end up building.
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## Priorities and tradeoffs
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It is very important for Collapse OS to be self-contained, that is, usable and
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hackable with no external ressources. Because of that, code simplicity is
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paramount.
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It is also important for Collapse OS to run on very tight ressources. Because of
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that, code compactness trumps efficiency or features.
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All of this means that simplicity is more important than compactness which is
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more important than efficiency.
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That being said, common sense still prevails. In a critical loop, we will of
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course favor efficiency.
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## Serious
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This project is not made with irony. When being faced with existential threat,
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irony offers us a lot of comfort, but this project is not meant to supply this.
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It's self evident that this project is a rich source of possible ironic
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pleasure. To that end, I suggest a fork. Maybe call it "Pip Boy 3000"?
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## Roadmap rigidity
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This project has a [roadmap](https://collapseos.org/roadmap.html). It says it's
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rigid, but that doesn't mean it's immutable. If you have a good idea that isn't
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on the roadmap, please share it.
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## Skill requirements
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As the roadmap page says, participation to this project requires a certain set
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of skills, which is true. Authors of this project don't mind helping you out
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honing your skills with code reviews, but please don't expect hand holding.
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Important note: the documentation in this project is lacking in many ways. If
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you have problem understanding how Collapse OS work because documentation is
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lacking, please seek "hand holding". This way, we can improve the documentation
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and make post-collapse users much happier.
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It is frequently asked by would-be contributors whether I have tips for an
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optimal ramping up of skills. [I've put together a little document to answer
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that question](https://collapseos.org/skills.html).
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## Sending patches
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If you have patches to submit, please do so through the [mailing list][ml]. See
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<https://git-send-email.io/> for a guide.
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[ml]: https://lists.sr.ht/~vdupras/collapseos
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