Siento mucho poner el tag curiosidades a una distribución Linux, pero es que esta se lo merece mucho. Se trata de una distribución donde TODOS los programas están escritos en Perl. Como ellos dicen, “from /sbin/init to /bin/vi“. Perl/Linux usa algunos programas del proyecto Perl Power Tools (PPT), otros de Jay Kominek’s Perl/Linux page. El resto de las herramientas necesarias han sido escritas en Perl de la nada, como por ejemplo: plHttpd, edit, vi, mount, xargs, login, passwd, getty, halt, init, ifconfig, route. Según sus autores, el único código compilado es el kernel linux, perl y uClibc.

Como dato curioso, en la web del proyecto hay un texto llamado Linux and the Perl, que es una parodia del mítico Linux and the GNU Project de Richard Stallman. Pongo algunas comparaciones:

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Many computer users run a modified version of a Perl system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of Perl systems which is widely used today is more often known as “Linux”, and many users are not aware of the extent of its connection with the Perl Project. Linux and the Perl

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system (18k characters) every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is more often known as “Linux”, and many users are not aware of the extent of its connection with the GNU Project. Linux and the GNU Project

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Perl and perl based software was the largest single contingent, around 30% of the total source code, and this included some of the essential major components without which there could be no system. Linux itself was about 3%. So if you were going to pick a name for the system based on who wrote the programs in the system, the most appropriate single choice would be “Perl”. Linux and the Perl

GNU software was the largest single contingent, around 28% of the total source code, and this included some of the essential major components without which there could be no system. Linux itself was about 3%. So if you were going to pick a name for the system based on who wrote the programs in the system, the most appropriate single choice would be “GNU”. Linux and the GNU Project

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When Linus Torvalds wrote Linux, he filled the last major gap. People can now put Linux together with the Perl system to make a complete free system: a Linux-based Perl system (or Perl/Linux system, for short). Linux and the Perl

When Linus Torvalds wrote Linux, he filled the last major gap. People could then put Linux together with the GNU system to make a complete free system: a Linux-based version of the GNU system; the GNU/Linux system, for short. Linux and the GNU Project

Y podria seguir comparando el texto entero, jajaja.