= Source Mage GNU/Linux =

Source Mage is a free and open source project founded on the principle 
of returning control back to System Administrators.

Our main project, Source Mage GNU/Linux, is an operating system 
distribution.

We also provide a complete ports-like system with a package management 
system based on our philosophies of software freedom and returning 
choice to the administrator.

The package manager is written almost entirely in bash. The ports are 
intended to be as close as possible to the upstream vendor's vision from 
source code as downloaded from their website.

The distribution is provided with an easy-to-use basic system installer 
from which administrators can rebuild to their specification.

The package management core is first-tier, feature-complete, and 
well-designed.  Custom configuration is exposed at every opportunity for 
the needy administrators and tweakers of all kinds.

Port scripts are easy to write because of a rich set of libraries and 
interfaces into the package manager that is balanced with the need for 
simplicity for simple packages.

The community of developers and users also offers friendly chat rooms, 
mailing lists, a bugzilla database, and freely viewable and modifiable 
source code.

All flaws are open and available for review or improvement, and 
contributions are accepted and guided through peer review and compliance 
with our core principles and policies.

 For ease-of-learning, the command names are based on a sorcerous 
metaphor of "cast"ing and "dispel"ling "spells" from a "grimoire".

If you're ready for GNU/Linux so advanced, it may as well be magic, then 
it's time you tried Source Mage GNU/Linux.  http://www.sourcemage.org/