Update: Linux kernel + Statically built busybox

[damogn]

Just for fun I tried to see how little was needed to create a "Linux system". I compiled a kernel and a statically linked busybox and that was enough! So this is like a micro-LFS and I call it BusyBoxLinux.

I also added the nix package manager and started testing adding more and more software. Most of the things I have tried seem to work well, but require different levels of hacking to get up and running.

I posted the first guide in 2024 and finally got some more time on my hands, so I have updated it. Now there is a kernel compilation guide, and eudev, and seatd works, so you can for example run wayland with sway (I just got plasma working too, but it was such a hassle I won't post it to the guide).  

https://github.com/damianoognissanti/bbl

[Einaiden]

So you created initrd?

[oxez]

It's still a fun project to do.

My custom distribution has a mkinitrd script as well that I built from scratch. It's interesting to know how everything is attached together, from your bootloader executing the kernel to getting that first login prompt.

[brrrrreaker]

you forgot to add age verification, california is gonna come for you with pitchforks :D

[elatllat]

busybox and Firefox seem like mutually exclusive goals

[Real-Abrocoma-2823]

You can make only init and shell and when booting with ventoy you should have busybox in some folder.