tldrlfs
Too Long; Didn't Read Linux From Scratch (by comfies)
glaucus
A simple and lightweight Linux® distribution based on musl libc and toybox (by glaucuslinux)
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
tldrlfs
Posts with mentions or reviews of tldrlfs.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-10.
- Linux from Scratch – Is it worth it?
- peasants^2. (surprisingly, took me way less time than I thought it would)
- Anyone done suckless from scratch.
- Best distro to build LFS on top of?
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Here we go again…
LFS is actually pretty bloated, tldrlfs is a more minimal linux.
- Alternative to Linix From Scratch
- Suckless distro
glaucus
Posts with mentions or reviews of glaucus.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-22.
- Release glaucus-s6-x86-64-v3-28042023 · glaucuslinux/glaucus
- Release glaucus-s6-x86-64-v3-11102022 · glaucuslinux/glaucus
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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?
Glaucus is another one man project, his Github site has a lot of good info and links to other awesome projects
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Suckless distro
Glaucus
- Tiny Core Linux is rolling over in their graves right now. (Source: https://wiki.glaucuslinux.org/preface/foreword/)
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Recursive List
He also forgot about Glaucus Linux (previously, Snail Linux) https://github.com/glaucuslinux/glaucus
What are some alternatives?
When comparing tldrlfs and glaucus you can also consider the following projects:
lfs-scripts - Automated script to build Multilib LFS system + livecd
oasis - a small statically-linked linux system
lfs-scripts - Instructions and scripts to build Linux From Scratch (LFS) as simply as possible
arcan - Arcan - [Display Server, Multimedia Framework, Game Engine] -> "Desktop Engine"
debian-from-scratch - An instruction manual for teaching Linux From Scratch users how to make a fully-fledged Debian system based on LFS.
GUIDE_how-to-install-dwm-in-qubesos - [Guide] How to install suckless' dwm in QubesOS
scratchpkg - Package Manager used by Venom Linux
awesome - A curated list of awesome projects
kiss - KISS Linux - Package Manager
awesome-wayland - A curated list of Wayland code and resources.