“This document describes the process of creating your own
Linux system from scratch, using nothing but the sources of needed
software.“
“I started this document about 6 months ago. I tried a few Linux
distributions and came to the conclusion that there’s wasn’t a
distribution I totally liked. Every distribution has it’s own
advantages and disadvantages, but I was never satisfied with what I
had (although Debian comes very close to what I want), so I decided
to explore the possibility of building my own Linux distribution
using nothing but source code of programs. As I found out there’s
quite a bit of work involved, but it’s also a lot of fun and you
really learn a lot by doing it, since you need to configure every
single aspect of the system. This forces you to read a lot of
manuals on how to configure various software. It also gives you
total control over your system (well, that’s the idea). You know
exactly what software is installed, how it is configured and where
all the configuration files reside.”