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katadelos · 02-23-2023, 11:09 AM

Just to let people know, I'm considering appointing myself as maintainer of Kubrick as it seems to be long abandoned by ixtab.

The main purpose of doing so would be to address a few shortcomings that I've ran into:

Kubrick runs as a live CD, which is unnecessary for users who are already running Linux
The rootfs images are very outdated to the point where using Kubrick effectively downgrades the device
The live CD is also very outdated and tends to fail in fun and interesting ways on modern PCs
Kubrick does not have the ability to carry out useful tasks that I frequently need to do (e.g idme backups/cloning/flashing).

The intended end result would be a Linux desktop application as well as an updated live CD, possibly based upon Alpine Linux instead of Slitaz.

I do have a broader intention of expanding the range of devices which can be recovered to include KT2, PW2, PW3, KV, and KT3, but this might not be implemented as an upgrade to Kubrick as I'd like to explore the possibility of creating a "Kubrick 2" with a GUI that makes the process of jailbreaking a device and installing packages simpler.

02-23-2023, 11:09 AM	#1211
katadelos rm -rf / Posts: 219 Karma: 3333683 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: United Kingdom Device: K5, KT, KT2, KT3, KT4, KV, PW2, PW3, PW4, PW5	Just to let people know, I'm considering appointing myself as maintainer of Kubrick as it seems to be long abandoned by ixtab. The main purpose of doing so would be to address a few shortcomings that I've ran into: Kubrick runs as a live CD, which is unnecessary for users who are already running Linux The rootfs images are very outdated to the point where using Kubrick effectively downgrades the device The live CD is also very outdated and tends to fail in fun and interesting ways on modern PCs Kubrick does not have the ability to carry out useful tasks that I frequently need to do (e.g idme backups/cloning/flashing). The intended end result would be a Linux desktop application as well as an updated live CD, possibly based upon Alpine Linux instead of Slitaz. I do have a broader intention of expanding the range of devices which can be recovered to include KT2, PW2, PW3, KV, and KT3, but this might not be implemented as an upgrade to Kubrick as I'd like to explore the possibility of creating a "Kubrick 2" with a GUI that makes the process of jailbreaking a device and installing packages simpler.