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> What is vanilla Linux though? depends; but may i suggest starting at kernel.org then look at 'linux from scratch'/gentoo then maybe slackware; surely not ubu

• anthk 2y ago
  - Linux it's just a kernel. - Vanilla Linux it's propietary. - GNU/Linux-Libre it's the proper libre one, rebased from GNU maintainers. - There's no proper 'Vanilla distro' as LFS or Gentoo. Every one since 1993 has been an external bundle made from volunteers. - The closest vanilla distro from the GNU project would be Guix as it works as a distro and a universal package manager to ship libre software.
• fooker 2y ago
  May I suggest trying your hand on LFS on a ARM dev board and report how the experience goes? There's a reason all other kenels have adopted a stable driver API and ABI.