Roll Your Own Distro

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Last Updated: 2/25/2025

This page is dedicated to what it takes to Roll Your Own Distro. This doesn’t have to be just about Linux. Rolling your own version of a kernel for PDP11 etc is a via option as well. Why PDP11, isn’t that quaint? Yup. Which means if you can do it… you understand it. It makes for a nice stepping stone But their isn’t just one set way to approach this matter. And learning about the various skills gives you a better understanding about what is under the hood.

First Candidate Listings:

An ode to: Nir Lichtman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Juz5sQyYQ
Making Smallest Possible Linux Distro (x64

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey3sKdOmPa8
Making Linux Distro with Buildroot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlzoegSuIzg
Making Simple Linux Distro from Scratch