Is it worth making my own Linux distribution, or just going through the suffering of making my own?

[KGIII]

The above are the ones I remember that allow a user to remaster and create an iso from their own system although I may be wrong.

Thanks. The only one I could recall off the tip of my tongue was MX Linux.

I'm sure most Linux distros can be remastered.

That seems the most likely. It seems like something that should be fairly easy to accomplish. It's mostly just making a backup of certain directories and files and carrying those files over to the base image.

 

[Aswd]

Got some news people:
Good news: it boots. In UEFI.
Bad news: literarly 0 input support and just a mouse sprite in the center (already going for like a bit windows 95 vibe ig?)

From how much of a nightmare it has been to just get framebuffers working i am 100% saying - gpu IS NOT gonna be being supported

 

[piorunz]

What are you trying to prove?
You think anyone will use this? You're wrong then... Sorry.
~500 actively maintained distros is already plenty, bro....

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

Got some news people:
Good news: it boots. In UEFI.
Bad news: literarly 0 input support and just a mouse sprite in the center (already going for like a bit windows 95 vibe ig?)View attachment 31887
From how much of a nightmare it has been to just get framebuffers working i am 100% saying - gpu IS NOT gonna be being supported

Looks good so far! You got this!

 

[piorunz]

Looks good so far! You got this!

He got what...? 478th place in Distrowatch?
For what purpose?? This never stops to amaze me, why developers keep doing this. Instead of helping existing projects, they reinvent the wheel, contributing zero to open source effort, overall.
Reason? Heightened ego, maybe.

 

[Aswd]

What are you trying to prove?
You think anyone will use this? You're wrong then... Sorry.
~500 actively maintained distros is already plenty, bro....

Not planning on anyone using it

 

[Aswd]

He got what...? 478th place in Distrowatch?
For what purpose?? This never stops to amaze me, why developers keep doing this. Instead of helping existing projects, they reinvent the wheel, contributing zero to open source effort, overall.
Reason? Heightened ego, maybe.

To be honest yea maybe i have a ego issue, but i just hate using stuff and not actually building the stuff

 

[piorunz]

To be honest yea maybe i have a ego issue, but i just hate using stuff and not actually building the stuff

That's great, but let me be honest:
no one cares.
That's the reality. Keep it to yourself. You are contributing nothing to open source effort anyway.

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

Alrighty! Let's cool the turbofans and get this re-centered. While it's not that practical in the long run, I Just find putting it together to be interesting- So let's keep it like this. It's a good experience to learn more. Just like Arch. Gentoo. and LFS.
Peace.

 

[piorunz]

Alrighty! Let's cool the turbofans and get this re-centered. While it's not that practical in the long run, I Just find putting it together to be interesting- So let's keep it like this. It's a good experience to learn more. Just like Arch. Gentoo. and LFS.
Peace.

Yeah, but that's just you speaking, not the OP He already admitted he's having some ego problem, so...
Maybe it can be cured, I don't know...

 

[beanburrito]

Hello

Pretty much I want to make my own OS

Problem is I like want it to, LEGITAMETLY, be mine.

Is it better to use Linux (which I, for some reason, feel like is complete cheating) or do i just make my own, completely from zero?

You could do like Terry A. Davis did with TempleOS and make your own from scratch.

 

[MikeRocor]

That's great, but let me be honest:
no one cares.
That's the reality. Keep it to yourself. You are contributing nothing to open source effort anyway.

I care.

No, I won't be using it. But I like to see and encourage people digging in to something and learning things. Even learning that something is more complex than you care to continue with has some value.

I learned how to "remaster" my favorite distro with the thought of creating my own distro, even if I would be the only one using it - though I guess it's not technically a distribution if you don't distribute it, but whatever. Aside from learning how to remaster it, I learned that there was not a single substantive thing that I would actually change about the original. No way was I going to fork an OS just so I could have a vanity distro with my name on it or a wallpaper image of my dog.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

i just hate using stuff and not actually building the stuff

become package maintainer, you'll build stuff from source and in turn many people will find your work useful, including yourself.
Choose a distro you want to help with packages, read their docs, learn and get familiar with packaging and start working.

 

[wizardfromoz]

There is a fine line, but a line, nevertheless, between ego and self esteem.

I don't think the OP has crossed that, in wanting to use what he has built himself, but even if he has - the greatest achievers in history have mostly had a healthy ego.

Good luck, @Aswd - I will be interested to see what you create.

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz

 

[wendy-lebaron]

at least the op is trying to create something different. should never be deterred by naysayers. or by casual watchers.

 

[piorunz]

at least the op is trying to create something different. should never be deterred by naysayers. or by casual watchers.

Different (as in 478th yet another actively maintained distro) is not needed in Linux. Better is needed. But OP doesn't want to contribute to open source projects, he just want to satisfy his ego by slapping his name on a new distro.

 

[gvisoc]

Good work and good luck. I am sure that, by now, you know more about OS and bootloaders than most, if not all, of the users of this forum.

That's useful.

Also, I am sure that your codebase is small enough to be understandable. I encourage you to publish it in GitHub or similar places for others to learn.

 

[Aswd]

Good work and good luck. I am sure that, by now, you know more about OS and bootloaders than most, if not all, of the users of this forum.

That's useful.

Also, I am sure that your codebase is small enough to be understandable. I encourage you to publish it in GitHub or similar places for others to learn.

To be honest, when i get it in a stable enough state i might publish it

 

[Aswd]

To be honest, when i get it in a stable enough state i might publish it

Because like right now, idk if its a memory problem or false write, but from testing there is a... 50/50 chance of a black screen. Working on it


(PS. happy that people are saying this is a good idea for a learning thing )

 

[Aswd]

Researching a ton, VERY interesting stuff

Prob gonna keep researching until like tomorrow