what is the smallest linux system capable of building itself?

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  • collapseos

    Discontinued Bootstrap post-collapse technology

    • A minimal system for compiling? https://github.com/hsoft/collapseos

  • bedrocklinux-userland

    This tracks development for the things such as scripts and (defaults for) config files for Bedrock Linux

    • I am still starting out with very minimal distros. Maybe check bedrock linux

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  • meta-raspberrypi

    Yocto/OE BSP layer for the Raspberry Pi boards

  • live-bootstrap

    Use of a Linux initramfs to fully automate the bootstrapping process

    • live-bootstrap builds a variety of intermediate systems, starting from a <1KB binary seed (kernel excluded). Check parts.rst for a description, it's kinda wild just how many C and C subset compilers get compiled... but the end result is a system with musl and GCC 4.7, from which building the latest GCC is 2 steps away.

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