Directory of User Assembled Resources

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Linux versions that are user assembled and source based: built from source code by end users or under greater than usual (higher) control by end users; far more configurable than normal versions.

Resources in This Category

• Building a Minimal Linux System from Source Code

  http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~okeefe/p2b/
  Documentation with an aim towards understanding the theory behind the concept. From Power Up To Bash Prompt.

• Linux From Scratch: LFS

  http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
  Assemble your own Linux system. Includes all software and an easy to follow guide.

• Mastodon

  http://www.mastodon.biz/
  The last a.out Linux distribution: uses a.out executables.

• Pocket Linux Guide

  http://pocket-linux.sourceforge.net/
  Design and build a small, diskette-based GNU/Linux system from source code with a focus on good design techniques, adherence to standards and the capability for future expansion.

• Repairlix Distribution

  http://repairlix.sourceforge.net/
  Networked Linux distribution and bootable system that fits on 12MB of media, so small that an image can be put on a business-card sized/shaped CD-ROM, suitable for wallet or purse.

• Setting up a secure RedHat Linux 6.2 server

  http://www.fiveanddime.net/ss/secureserver.html
  Setting up a secure server using RedHat Linux and LinuxFromScratch.

 

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