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I'm waiting for that. Would be the ultimate base OS. But it's not so easy. I actually looked into all the dependencies of a Linux system and it turns out to b

I'm waiting for that. Would be the ultimate base OS. But it's not so easy. I actually looked into all the dependencies of a Linux system and it turns out to be an extremely entangled monolith at the core. Everything depends on everything. So you actually can't have "just a kernel and systemd as 'user-land'".

zh3 4y ago
Ever tried setting 'init=/bin/sh' on the command line? That gets you a shell (or any other program you care to run) and from there a little creativity is all it takes.
IceWreck 4y ago
> actually looked into all the dependencies of a Linux system and it turns out to be an extremely entangled monolith at the core Any resources for this ? Most books I've read/seen are either about Linux kernel internals or using userspace Linux. I'd like to know more about what actually goes into making a complete usable distro.
- bmicraft 4y ago
  Linux from scratch might be something you want to take a look at
throwawaaarrgh 4y ago
Systemd and a stripped down BusyBox would do it. That's what Alpine is, plus libmusl, minus Systemd.