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GNU Mes is a Scheme interpreter and C compiler for bootstrapping the GNU
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system.
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GNU Mes was created to address the security concerns that arise from
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bootstrapping an operating system using binary blobs, which is common
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practice for all software distributions. Mes is a Scheme interpreter
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written in a simple subset of C and a C compiler written in Scheme and
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comes with a small, bootstrappable C library. The Mes bootstrap has
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halved the size of opaque, uninspectable binaries that were needed to
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bootstrap GNU Guix, a functional GNU/Linux distribution that focusses on
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user freedom, reproducibility and security. That reduction was achieved
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by replacing GNU Binutils, GNU GCC and the GNU C Library with Mes. The
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final goal is to help create a full source bootstrap for UNIX-like
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operating systems. After three years of volunteer work funding will
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enable us to make another big step forward and reach an important new
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milestone.
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GNU Mes - https://gnu.org/software/mes
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GNU Guix - https://gnu.org/software/guix
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Bootstrappable Builds - https://bootstrappable.org
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Reproducible Builds - https://reproducible-builds.org
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Reduced Binary Seed bootstrap - https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2019/guix-reduces-bootstrap-seed-by-50/
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