SkyVision treats documentation as part of the operating system. Everything below is versioned with each release — the 1.0 docs describe exactly the 1.0 package set, byte for byte.
Build the entire distribution from source by hand, in the Linux From Scratch tradition — toolchain, chroot, final system, boot. 12 chapters + appendices.
Open the Book →
Installing from the ISO: media, partitioning, the sky-install walkthrough, fully manual installation, and the first-boot checklist.
Open the Handbook →
Day-to-day package management: syncing, installing, rebuilding from source with one flag, and writing your own ~40-line recipes.
Open the manual →
Community-maintained hardware notes, laptop reports, service how-tos and recovery recipes — editable by any forum account with trust level 1+.
Browse the wiki →
Why no systemd? Why x86-64 only? How does SkyVision relate to LFS? How long does a full source rebuild take? Short answers, with links to long ones.
Read the FAQ →
Changelogs, errata and upgrade notes for every release, starting with 1.0 “Firstborn” (2026-06-12). Advisories are cross-posted to the announce list.
Read the notes →
Curious what “building a distribution by hand” actually looks like? Section 5.2 — cross-compiling Binutils, the very first package of the toolchain — is rendered in full in the web edition, including the rationale for every configure flag.
Errata are tracked in the forum's “Book errata” category and folded into the next point release. Confirmed reports get your name in the acknowledgements.
