Building a Tiny Linux from Scratch (blinry.org)

36 points by todsacerdoti 1y ago ↗ HN

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malmz 1y ago ↗

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rob_c 1y ago ↗

Unfortunately seconded. Interesting read though :)

romforth 1y ago ↗

To build minimal linux systems, I've found Minimal Linux Live [^1] and Floppinux [^2] useful. There was a list of build steps for 486 [^3] as well, in case you are targeting older machines.

[1]: https://github.com/ivandavidov/minimal-linux-script [2]: https://github.com/w84death/floppinux [3]: https://www.insentricity.com/a.cl/283/booting-a-486-from-flo...

dmwilcox 1y ago ↗

Love it. Did the same journey a few years back making a version of KISS Linux that runs out of an initramfs. Highly recommend that "1-person distro" as a way to build out a daily driver OS, it's very satisfying

brucehoult 1y ago ↗

And Rust. It seems they often go together. I don't know why people do that to themselves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm5Ust7vEhk

ICameToComment 1y ago ↗

What is the purpose of the tinyconfig configuration? What functionality does such a kernel provide? It seems to not even provide basic tooling or "interfaces" to the world. Is this something used for embedded systems where a minimal platform is needed to run a specific firmware?