diff --git a/README b/README index cf258fa89..53c55f615 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +plugapps.git - README - 01/01/2011 + This git repository hosts PKGBUILDs and information on porting Arch Linux (http://archlinux.org) to the ARM platform, with an emphasis on the Marvell Kirkwood @@ -8,4 +10,12 @@ The packages are meant to be built on Plugbox Linux, found at http://plugboxlinux.org It's not called Arch-[something] due to copyright, but it's -basically Arch Linux for ARM. +basically Arch Linux for ARM. It follows the same repository +structure and uses the "pacman" package manager. + +All packages are built using PKGBUILDs from the ABS, but the +ones hosted in this git repository have been modified, either +to make them compatible with the ARM architecture, or for branding. + +The "aur" folder contains a small selection of packages we +believe should be pre-compiled and easily-installable.