minimal
Minimal Linux Live (MLL) is a tiny educational Linux distribution, which is designed to be built from scratch by using a collection of automated shell scripts. Minimal Linux Live offers a core environment with just the Linux kernel, GNU C library, and Busybox userland utilities. (by ivandavidov)
mkroot
Simple Linux build, bootable under qemu for multiple architectures. (by landley)
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| 0.6 | 2.1 | |
| about 2 months ago | 9 months ago | |
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| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
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minimal
Posts with mentions or reviews of minimal.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-24.
- Minimal Linux Live (MLL) – A tiny educational build-from-scratch Linux
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Gathering raw HID reports - small distro for specific functionality only
I have found Minimal Linux Live. Any opinions?
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DIY Unix since 1991
Minimal Linux Live a project that builds a minimal Linux OS with as few additions as possible.
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Which is the most minimal distro out there?
I did see.. https://github.com/ivandavidov/minimal
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What's the baseline RAM usage these days, around 500 MB?
I run this 8MB .iso in a 96MB Vbox. http://minimal.idzona.com It's just busybox (& kernel). Cool! (I've wanted to tinyconfig+ min for Vbox but too lazy; you could become famous for minimal custom kernel .config for Vbox devices!)
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Arch-based i386 Distro
Maybe have a look at http://minimal.idzona.com DW/mll
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Hey there, I want some help with virtual machines
The b950 cpu doesn't have vt-x (like my N450!) So I run Vbox version 5.x=last and (this)[https://github.com/ivandavidov/minimal/releases/download/28-Jan-2018/minimal_linux_live_28-Jan-2018_32-bit_bios.iso] 32bit busybox-only 8MB!.iso (mll distro)[http://DistroWatch.com/mll] in a 0.1GB ram Vbox. Learn these ash cmds: https://busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html wget static binaries, even .deb pkgs or maybe from http://s.minos.io/
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Can I have a VM if I can't Virtualize?
CPU? Use old Vbox 5 & 32bit distro. I do, on MX19 N450 (1GB ram! https://github.com/ivandavidov/minimal/releases/download/28-Jan-2018/minimal_linux_live_28-Jan-2018_32-bit_bios.iso )
- I need help, I need some project ideas
- [Beginner to Intermediate] What should I look for if I want to learn Linux more in depth?
mkroot
Posts with mentions or reviews of mkroot.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-22.
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Fastest to install linux distribution (explanation below)
Rob Landley's mkroot is about as barebones as it get. Compiles about as minimal system as possible that can boot under qemu. https://github.com/landley/mkroot
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is there cli vm? (instead GUI)
mkroot is about as simple as it gets.
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Would creating my own Linux Distro from scratch be a good way to learn how linux works for a complete beginner?
Rob Landley's mkroot is a about as simple as it gets to build a system, it's now part of toybox.
- Can you install the Linux kernel by itself?
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How long does it take to build/code a Linux distro?
$ git clone https://github.com/landley/mkroot.git
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Linux Gateway/Firewall/Router Tinfoil Hat Fun
I don't endorse NixOS because I place high value on Unix conventions, but this is certainly an interesting write-up. Also take a look at mkroot.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing minimal and mkroot you can also consider the following projects:
archwiki - MediaWiki used on Arch Linux websites (read-only mirror)
awesome - A curated list of awesome projects
UEFI-Tuts - YOUTUBE Tutorials on how the UEFI works to boot your own Operating System. Think of this as an EFI Bootloader.
community - Officially unofficial KISS community repository, mirror of https://codeberg.org/kiss-community/community
Portable-Linux - Guide to install any linux distro to boot BIOS & UEFI and function portably.
kiss - KISS Linux - Package Manager
tinyroot - How to make a very small linux bootable drive
glaucus - A simple and lightweight Linux® distribution based on musl libc and toybox
voidnsrun - Run glibc binaries in musl libc Void Linux environment
altbox - Website for altbox.dev, the alternative toolbox for developers
eudyptula - www.eudyptula-challenge.org