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Build your own Easy Excalibur with woofQ2

August 15, 2025 — BarryK

woofQ2 is the new EasyOS build system, replacing woofQ. The latter has been used to build all EasyOS's prior to now, including Easy Daedalus and Easy Scarthgap. woofQ2 is the "new kid on the block" and has been used to build Easy Excalibur; and that is now just about to be released, as version 7.0-final.

woofQ2, dated "250815", is uploaded here:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/woofq2/woofq2-project/

...you will see there a readme file with instructions.

The main problem is that the host system must support aufs, though the script could be modified to use overlayfs. It could be also, that the presence of some utilities is assumed, that is in EasyOS (and in the case of Easy Excalibur version 7.0 is required), so it has to be said for now that the host system has to be EasyOS.

If you want to give it a go, forum feedback welcome here:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=14605

Have fun!    

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