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by Ciro Santilli (@cirosantilli, 37)

Linux distribution buildable from source

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As of 2020, no one knows how to build the major desktop distros fully from source into the ISO, and especially so in a reproducible build way. Everything is done in build servers somewhere with complicated layers of prebuilds. It's crap.
See also: cirosantilli.com/linux-kernel-module-cheat/#linux-distro-choice
Yes:
  • Buildroot
  • NixOS
No:
  • Ubuntu: askubuntu.com/questions/82302/how-to-compile-ubuntu-from-source-code source: sausage factory

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